US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency(shortly known as ‘DARPA’) has come up with it’s new technological wonder, “Cyborg insects”. In it’s Hybrid Insect Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (HI-MEMS) project, which is currently in third year. The program’s goal is the creation of moths or other insects that have electronic controls implanted inside them, allowing them to be controlled by a remote operator.

An innocent looking insect can give out useful information and help in spying over the enemies. Hat’s off to the team of researchers led by Hirotaka Sato for creating cyborg beetles which are guided wirelessly via a laptop. But did they ever think that publicly announcing about these new creations could be dangerous to the mankind?

There is every chance of people misusing it for their selfish interests if it reaches the wrong hands at anytime. The chemical and biological weapons for e.g., have been misused by the Iraqi soldiers for killing the innocent Kurdish people during Saddam’s regime in 1988. The AK-47 is already in the terrorist hands. Bombs and rockets have been handy for them since a long time.

If these new spying techniques reach the wrong hands there is every chance of it being used for mass destruction purposes also. A group of these well directed insects might be capable of destroying crops worth a million. They can enter the borders of any nation with great ease and play a destructive role.

Now, The Pentagon's defense scientists want to create an army of cyber-insects that can be remotely controlled to check out explosives and send transmissions. They might also spy on conversations. But during such operations if any insect dies in the enemy territory, and get detected accidently, then it might be a huge loss and dangerous too. After understanding the techniques used in inserting MEMS in insects, it will be easy for use. Terrorist groups like Al- Qaeda do have some brilliant brains working for them. So, revealing new technical advancements in defense is not a wise move for any of the Governments. It might be like digging our own graves.