The intelligent sand can also cause problems with privacy.

Ant carries a microchip. 

Intelligent sand means sensors that are sand-size. They can get their power from the Sun. That means there is a small photovoltaic cell. The system can also use radiowaves that it collects from the antenna. And then that remote-loading system can make all kinds of measurements from their environment. The limit for the use of that kind of system is their price. 

The intelligent sand-size sensors can cover large areas. Those systems are operating as teams or large groups. That means those systems can make many diverse measurements by using individual actors. They have different sensors. So, the idea of intelligent sand is the same as drone swarms. Even one of those participants has only one sensor type. They can operate as swarms. 

By connecting intelligent sand with other systems is possible to make ultimate measurements. And that thing can revolutionize recon and other things. 

A cloud of intelligent dust can operate all kinds of missions. In the military world, they can measure and observe the burning of gunpowder if they are in cartridges. They can measure the resonance of the systems. And follow chemical reactions in things like oil. 

The small size of those sensors makes it easy to slip them into rooms. Also, developers can install those intelligent sensors inside engines where they can report problems. If those small dust-size systems have X-ray transmitters. They can make X-ray observations about the core of the engines. 

Intelligent sand-size sensors can shoot into rooms by using drones.

Those sand-size machines might not have a powerful communication system. And that limits their use. But intelligent dust can make every single insect into a cyborg. The insects like ants can also carry nano-size sensors in the house. The microchip takes that ant to control. And then the operator just drives that cyborg ant to the house. 

But the system can read intelligent sand's mass memory by using microchips connected to insects. Those cyborg insects can search those miniature sensors and then read their data. Then they can return out, and the drone can read that data. 

Intelligent dust can also turn insects into zombies or cyborgs. The insect takes the microprocessor to the jaws. And then the electric impulses start to control their behavior. The misuse of that technology opens horrible visions. 

There is the possibility that somebody turns the bee queen into a cyborg. And if that individual creature stings somebody, that thing means that all other bees are starting to sting. This makes that kind of system a very frightening tool.