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Posted: 2/27/2007 6:18:44 AM EDT
Maybe they're gonna get all their pigeons to shit on your fighters windshields!
 BEIJING (Reuters) - Scientists in eastern China say they have succeeded in controlling the flight of pigeons with micro electrodes planted in their brains, state media reported on Tuesday. Scientists at the Robot Engineering Technology Research Centre at Shandong University of Science and Technology said ther electrodes could command them to fly right or left or up or down, Xinhua news agency said. "The implants stimulate different areas of the pigeon's brain according to signals sent by the scientists via computer, and force the bird to comply with their commands," Xinhua said. "It's the first such successful experiment on a pigeon in the world," Xinhua quoted the centre's chief scientist, Su Xuecheng, as saying. Su and his colleagues, who Xinhua said had had similar success with mice in 2005, were improving the devices used in the experiment and hoped that the technology could be put into practical use in future. The report did not specify what practical uses the scientists saw for the remote-controlled pigeons. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070227/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_china_pigeon |
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Posted: 2/27/2007 6:20:02 AM EDT
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Cool maybe they can control other animals now too. Like sharks
-dan |
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Posted: 2/27/2007 1:34:22 PM EDT
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Interesting potential for future surveillance applications...
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Posted: 2/27/2007 1:37:57 PM EDT
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True indeed. Strap a mini imagery pod on those things and you have have a UAV that fits into the scenery. |
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Posted: 2/27/2007 1:39:42 PM EDT
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Good, I have always wanted to make a UAV/model plane that shoots down birds. |
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Posted: 2/27/2007 1:40:18 PM EDT
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I'm waiting to see Patriot missles Take down Pigeons.
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Posted: 2/27/2007 1:43:47 PM EDT
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Uh, this is Beijing. I think the "practical use in the future" would probably involve remote controlled Chinese,not just pigeons and mice made into scouts. |
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Posted: 2/27/2007 1:45:09 PM EDT
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Remote-controlled pigeons carrying the bird flu! TEOTWAWKI!
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Posted: 2/27/2007 1:46:08 PM EDT
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Just another excuse to shoot pigeons on sight.
I can just see some crazy old guy going to the park and blasting birds left, right, and center screaming "dadgum chinese spies!" 
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Posted: 2/27/2007 2:20:23 PM EDT
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It's only a matter of time. Manchurian candidate anyone? |
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