This is without a doubt the strangest thing I've seen done with a Hexbug. The guys over at Backyard Brains are developing circuitry that can control the direction a cockroach walks. Starting with a ...

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Given a box full of cockroaches, the first thing most of us would do is try to locate the nearest source of fire. Lucky for the roaches, the team over at Backyard Brains look at things a bit ...

[Eric Gregori] recently spent some time messing around with a Hexbug Spider, and wrote in to share some modifications he made to the toy. In its unaltered form the robot can be controlled remotely, ...

BARTONVILLE, Texas Joel Carter said he knew it when he saw it. Hobbyists were lining up at a trade show a few years ago to pay $30 for a zipped bag filled with a dollar s worth of components and ...