GoPro for beetles: Researchers create a tiny robotic camera backpack

A tiny robotic camera backpack has been created by scientists that can be strapped on the back of insects to record the world from the perspective of a bug. The GoPro-style action camera for beetles was made by scientists in the US and weighs just 250 milligrams - about one-tenth the weight of a playing card. But the bonus of the ultra-small tech is not in its resolution but in its diminutive size. Uses for the camera could range from biology to exploring uncharted environments, its developers say. Researchers at the University of Washington developed the tiny wireless steerable camera which streams video directly to a smartphone and has a range of 60 degrees.