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Right-to-Die, Death Panels, Neo-Eugenics and the Transhumanist Club You Aren’t In – Video

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Cyborg cockroaches can hear you call and scurry to the rescue

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Researchers atNorth Carolina State University have figured out how to make cyborg cockroaches -- or biobots, as they call them -- pick up sound and seek out its source. So one day, the first responders to a rubble-filled disaster scene might be rescue roaches.

Cyborg cockroaches aren't new: They came on the scene a few years ago, with DIY enthusiasts jumping to create their own remote-controlled bugs. It's not all that difficult to perform the necessary surgery and hook a roach up to a computerized backpack.

But while some people find it fun to steer a cockroach around, the obvious application is in search-and-rescue: Cockroaches are tiny and resilient, perfect for getting through the nooks and crannies of a disaster zone. If rescue workers can control them and have them carry mics and cameras, they can be used to track down survivors.

This work, published in IEEE Sensors, is a great step in that direction. The researchers equipped their latest biobots with an array of microphones, which together can detect the direction of a sound and steer the biobot toward it.

Right now, the microphones pick up any sound at all -- whether or not it's important. The next step is teaching the system to pick out important noises, like human voices. There's a long way to go, but rescue roaches are certainly on the horizon. Maybe one day we'll associate the bugs with hope instead of dirty bathrooms.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has reportedly filled a complaint against the makers of the RoboRoach kit, which allows users to control the movement of a cockroach via a smartphone app by microstimulation of its antenna nerves. (YouTube/Backyard Brains)

Rachel Feltman runs The Post's Speaking of Science blog.

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Seven Dorset beaches would fail new water quality standards

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SEVEN Dorset beaches would fail basic bathing water quality standards being implemented in 2015, new research from DEFRA shows.

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs released a report yesterday entitled 2014 compliance report for bathing waters in England, which reveals a number of Dorset beaches would fail the new stricter standards on bathing water quality.

These are: Castle Cove beach and Sandsfoot Castle beach in Portland Harbour, Seatown beach near Bridport, Church Cliff Beach and Front Beach in Lyme Regis, and Highcliffe Castle beach and Avon Beach in Christchurch.

The results also show that Lyme Regis Church Cliff Beach has failed current mandatory standards for bathing water, which comes after a previous pass result in 2013.

Bathing waters are defined as beaches, lakes or ponds that are used by a large number of bathers and have been designated under the bathing waters directive.

From 2015 a revised bathing waters directive will be issued, using stricter standards to determine bathing water quality.

These are effectively the same standards DEFRA has used to decide if the beaches would fail, which they have called guideline compliance for the transition period between the old directive and the new directive.

According to the report, 84.5 percent of South West beaches would pass the new testing standards, putting the seven Dorset beaches in the bottom 15.5 percent in the region.

It would also put them in the bottom fifth (19.3 percent) of beaches across England.

In addition, DEFRA have said on their website that they are surveying the number of users of Church Cliff Beach in Lyme Regis.

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Chappy Beaches Closed to Vehicles After Storm

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An early November storm left behind severe erosion on Chappaquiddick beaches, which have been closed to over-sand vehicle traffic.

We had high winds sustained for 48 hours or more, so Im not surprised that the north shore of Chappy and the rest of the Island really took a beating, Trustees of Reservations Vineyard Superintendent Chris Kennedy told the Gazette.

Mr. Kennedy said the storm on Nov. 1 and Nov. 2 caused significant erosion on east and north facing beaches on Chappaquiddick. Rangers have been out on the beaches every day to monitor the situation, he said, and he thought that a few days of wind blowing out of the southwest should bring enough sand to reopen the beaches. For now, they are closed to over-sand vehicle traffic.

Were hoping that this is just very temporary, he said. We are looking at it every single day. He said spots at Leland Beach are getting close to opening, and he thought the beaches could begin to open in the next few days.

All interior trails are still open, he said.

At Wasque, no upland was lost but the storm did take out some sections of the beach that had accreted over the summer, Mr. Kennedy said, adding that the breach between Norton Point and Wasque is still fairly large.

Meanwhile, the storm also caused damage to the North Neck of Chappaquiddick, where staircases leading down to the beach were seen mangled and in disrepair this week.

For updates about Chappaquiddick beach closures from the Trustees, check the Trustees Facebook page or call the beach information line at 508-627-8390.

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