New Scientist is reporting on a startling new development in a DARPA-funded research project that seems to have created remoted controlled rats:

The rodents are directed using a series of brain implants, which can be operated wirelessly from a distance of several hundred metres. Now, for the first time, the researchers behind the project have demonstrated the ability to control the rodents' movements before activating their “sniffer dog” instincts.

The objective is a much smaller (and cheaper) bomb and drug sniffer. Foil hat "this is what the Republicans are gonna do to all of us! Run for your lives!" responses in 3... 2... 1...