Every day we're getting closer to the tech-world in the "Starfish" from Peter Watts.
Oh god, you can imagine how governments are going to look at this and freak out about espionage. Or worse, use this tech for espionage!!
Looking at the severed parts, it doesn't seem like they'll live long. I wonder how long they'd survive after something like that.
It looks like something out of CockroachPunk 2077
[dead]
From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh...
Seriously, this playing with living organisms to augment their capabilities and make them do our bidding is a bit beyond my personal moral threshold. At this point isn't easier to miniaturize a robot cocroach?