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SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES ON THE MOTHS. Moths in the robotic science. Normally we frightened to moths. The appearance of the moths like aged and dirty butterflies them turns in undesirable insects that scare, being in the habit of frightening them to the minimal contact, without counting in addition the damages that they cause in our clothes and food. But these insects seemingly so insignificant and disposable have an impressive power in his small brain, which does not measure any more than a grain than rice. This phenomenon revealed in the University of Arizona by an engineer called Charles Higgins, who realized a public demonstration for immobilizing a moth inside a pipe of plastic, after placing it on a robot of approximately 15 cm. of height a machine with wheels settled in front of this robot , the surprise for the public assistant was to verify as the robot began to move stimulated by the brain of the moth, being able to displace even to the machine with wheels towards the shores providing that it was a nuisance in his path.
Recent investigations on moths, he has discovered his mental power. What managed to realize this proof was a connection of an electrode with a neuron of the brain of the moth that is in charge to fix its vision during the flight of the insect. The object was managed to move through a mathematical formula translated by a computer, which allowed to codify the signals of the brain in actions. This discovery for the science and medicine has implications great, there being able in a future be in use for being allowed those who have handicaps with amputated members power move prothesis with only some signals of his brain. Moths in light phenomena. It is known by fototaxis like the phenomenon by which several alive organisms responden to the light. There are insects that have negatives like the cockroaches, when the light is ignites run to hiding, however the moths are insects that feel totally attracted towards the lights in general, the natural thing would be that an insect to feel repulsion towards the light, but the moths shows phototaxis positive. This is a phenomenon that sometimes produces the death to them on having entered in touch with the heat source. For that reason so it is used them electronic devices to eliminate insects, where the reaction fototaxica positive of the moths is used for the control of the plague of these insects.
The moths have a great atración towards the light, being night insects. If you want to know others of our articles about the traps of cockroaches, moths and snails and curiosities about these insects,
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