Twitter Roach Lets You Control Insects With Tweets

City dwellers and insect phobes take note: there’s finally hope in the centuries-long human fight against cockroaches.

Artist Brittany Ransom has created Twitter Roach, a discoid cockroach that can be controlled through tweets.

Ransom built upon the concept of a device called Roboroach – a tiny electronic backpack that attaches to a cockroach’s back and stimulates its antenna nerves, enabling the controller to turn the insect right or left with the press of a button.

With the addition of custom-programmed software, Ransom linked the bug to Twitter.

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