Cicadacore: Scientists Turn Summer’s Loudest Insects into Musical Cyborgs

Cicadacore: Scientists Turn Summer’s Loudest Insects into Musical Cyborgs

Researchers hijack cicadas' song organs to play music—including Pachelbel's Canon.

Scientists Electrified Cicadas to Play Canon in D. It's Disturbing.

Pachelbel’s Canon in D is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written. You’ve heard it in countless movies and TV shows, and it’s probably been the background music accompanying the bride as she walks down the aisle at more than a few weddings you’ve attended. It could bring a tear to your eye and make you reminisce about loves lost and loves currently embraced. So, some scientists electrified cicadas to force them into playing the so…