Scientists Created A Cyborg Jellyfish That Can Swim 3 Times Faster

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Who exactly was after a cyborg jellyfish? Turns out there's some serious interest in making the sea's finest invertebrates into sleek pulsing speed machines.

As CNET reports researchers at the California Institute of Technology have developed a microelectric prosthetic that, when implanted in a jellyfish can give them a bit of a speed boost.

Quite a bit, in fact, with the new bionic jellyfish capable of pulsing – and by extension swimming – three times as quickly as a regular jellyfish.