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Well, the Proposal for a Great Earth Mother Cyborg (http://www.creative-catalyst.com/e-femoral/regina.html) is not alone... Read this below; "FBO DAILY ISSUE OF MARCH 11, 2006 FBO #1566 SOLICITATION NOTICE A -- Hybrid Insect MEMS (HI-MEMS) Notice Date 3/9/2006 Notice Type Solicitation Notice NAICS 541710 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences Contracting Office Other Defense Agencies, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Contracts Management Office, 3701 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA, 22203-1714 ZIP Code 22203-1714 Solicitation Number BAA06-22 Response Due 6/5/2006 Archive Date 3/9/2007 Description The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting research proposals in the area of Hybrid Insect MEMS. Proposed research should investigate innovative approaches that enable revolutionary advances in science, devices or systems. Specifically excluded is research, which primarily results in evolutionary improvement upon existing state-of-the-art. DARPA seeks innovative proposals to develop technology to create insect-cyborgs, possibly enabled by intimately integrating microsystems within insects, during their early stages of metamorphoses. The healing processes from one metamorphic stage to the next stage are expected to yield more reliable bio-electromechanical interface to insects, as compared to adhesively bonded systems to adult insects. Once these platforms are integrated, various microsystem payloads can be mounted on the platforms with the goal of controlling insect locomotion, sense local environment, and scavenge power. Multidisciplinary teams of engineers, physicists, and biologists are expected to work together to develop new technologies utilizing insect biology, while developing foundations for the new field of insect cyborg engineering. The HI-MEMS may also serve as vehicles to conduct research to answer basic questions in biology. The final demonstration goal of the HI-MEMS program is the delivery of an insect within five meters of a specific target located at hundred meters away, using electronic remote control, and/or global positioning system (GPS). Although flying insects are of great interest (e.g. moths and dragonflies), hopping and swimming insects could also meet final demonstration goals. In conjunction with delivery, the insect must remain stationary either indefinitely or until otherwise instructed. The insect-cyborg must also be able to transmit data from DOD relevant sensors, yielding information about the local environment. These sensors can include gas sensors, microphones, video, etc. In order to successfully demonstrate the mission described above, it is anticipated that effort in the following technical areas is required: 1. Demonstrate reliable bio-electromechanical interfaces to insects, 2. Demonstrate locomotion control using MEMS platforms, and 3. Demonstrate technologies to scavenge power from insects." more at: http://www.fbodaily.com/archive/2006/03-March/11-Mar-2006/FBO-01003518.htm *********************************************** Now, remembering the Proposal for a Great Earth Mother Cyborg: 13 March "Regina Célia Pinto has made the first contribution to "e-Femoral: the severed head and other stories. (http://www.creative-catalyst.com/e-femoral/index.html)" Her story is an extract from her current work in progress, an electronic artist's book entitled "Proposal for a Great Earth Mother: Bio Art and Digital Literature" (translated from Portuguese by Sabrina Gledhill). Read it here (http://www.creative-catalyst.com/e-femoral/regina.html)." >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Proposal for a Great Earth Mother: Bio Art and Digital Literature Regina Célia Pinto (English Version: Sabrina Gledhill) The renowned anthropologist Sir R.B. was the first to note the strange symbols on Kiwi multimedia artist HVJ's femur stem. As a result, this item was immediately taken to the CALS (Center for Anthropological and Linguistic Studies) in the main city on the Island of Aotearoa. The world's foremost anthropologists and experts in linguistics and codes flocked to that important research center to witness an unheard-of event in the world of Science. For months on end, these specialists devoted themselves to the study of that femur stem without making any discoveries. Meanwhile, multimedia artist HVJ got used to walking with her new tantalum1 hip implant, and was amazed at the sudden fame gained by that former part of her bone structure. Every day, the wildest claims appeared in the newspapers, but the scientists were stymied. The code (?) was still unbroken. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Much more at: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.creative-catalyst.com/plog.html Please, I will be delighted if you browser at: http://www.creative-catalyst.com/plog.html , read the text and send me small chips to be installed into the head of the "Great Earth Mother Cyborg". (images, animations or movies > maximum: 100 pixels x 100 pixels, poems > + - 3 lines) To receive lots of chips would be really great! Send your chip to [log in to unmask] , subject: Great Earth Mother *********************************************** Regina Célia Pinto http://arteonline.arq.br/ http://arteonline.arq.br/library.htm The Latest Works: http://arteonline.arq.br/magic_walls/ http://arteonline.arq.br/eva/ http://arteonline.arq.br/ducks/ http://arteonline.arq.br/eua200km/ http://arteonline.arq.br/ecologia/ http://arteonline.arq.br/my_movies/ http://arteonline.arq.br/carnaval_2006/ ********** * Visit the Writing and the Digital Life blog http://writing.typepad.com * To alter your subscription settings on this list, log on to Subscriber's Corner at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/writing-and-the-digital-life.html * To unsubscribe from the list, email [log in to unmask] with a blank subject line and the following text in the body of the message: SIGNOFF WRITING-AND-THE-DIGITAL-LIFE