Singapore’s cyborg cockroaches helping with search-and-rescue efforts in Myanmar quake

This is the first time in the world such cyborgs have been used in a humanitarian operation. - Photo: HTX

SINGAPORE: A total of 10 cyborg cockroaches from Singapore have been sent to Myanmar to assist with search-and-rescue efforts after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck on March 28, killing more than 3,000 people.

The insects were flown into Myanmar and joined the Singapore Civil Defence Force’s (SCDF) Operation Lionheart contingent on March 30.