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Needle-toting cockroaches could be deployed by search-and-rescue teams for lifesaving injections

by | Aug 30, 2026 | JPost | 0 comments

A researcher holds a cyborg giant burrowing cockroach fitted with a human-supervised auto-injection mechanism (AIM) in Brisbane, Australia, July 27, 2026. (photo credit: University of Queensland/Handout via REUTERS)
Scientists from the universities of Queensland and New South Wales have developed paramedic cyborg cockroaches, dubbed “paraborgs,” equipped with miniature injection devices and cameras.