New Scientist reports that researchers are developing the means to remotely control living sharks.

Engineers funded by the US military have created a neural implant designed to enable a shark’s brain signals to be manipulated remotely, controlling the animal’s movements, and perhaps even decoding what it is feeling.

The sharks would be used for sensing and tracking, and experiments with the animals may soon take place off the coast of Florida.  The technology is different, but I am still reminded of the movie Deep Blue Sea, in which sharks are bioengineered for larger brains. They end up so hyperintelligent—or at least aesthetically sensitive—that they know to eat the cast of the film in reverse order of attractiveness.