Remote Controlled Pigeon.

Posted by Alex in Animal on February 27, 2007 at 11:33 pm


Chinese scientists at the Shadong University of Science and Tech can now command a pigeon’s flight through remote control:

Scientists sent signals by computer to the implants that mirror signals generated by the brain to control body movement. These signals stimulate different areas of the pigeon’s brain and cause it to respond to the command, the researchers said.

Chief scientist Su Xuecheng said it is the first such successful experiment on a pigeon in the world.

Text (Image: CNNB)


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7 comments to "Remote Controlled Pigeon."

  1. Greg Smith
    February 28th, 2007 at 1:14 am

    Remote control birds + Bird Flu = Yikes!

  2. the Asocial Ape
    February 28th, 2007 at 6:02 am

    this is revolting and a perfect example of the hubris of some scientists.

  3. artschild
    February 28th, 2007 at 9:31 am

    that is one of the creepiest things I have ever seen. How horrible.

  4. Denita TwoDragons
    February 28th, 2007 at 10:13 am

    .............Yipes!

    --TwoDragons

  5. Mokuwai
    February 28th, 2007 at 1:51 pm

    You guys have no idea of the possibilities of this. You just went with the negatives. The fact that a good portion of people who have disabilities that aren't caused by the limbs themselves but rather by a brain disfunction could benefit from this. Someone who has been unable to walk could use this technology to control their legs by bypassing the damaged portion of their brain.

    It's a shame the article didn't mention this because other similar ones in the past have.

    Now it's your turn to come up with crazy remote controlled human conspiracy theories. Go ahead I know you want to.

  6. Dave
    February 28th, 2007 at 6:09 pm

    That gave me a great mental image, Mokuwai; a guy goose-stepping around with a little Atari-style control stick in hand to steer himself! Sounds like a Monte Python skit.

    Yeah, I know if the technology were to be developed it'd be a lot more seamless than that, but that just hit me as funny!

  7. Frogstar Robot
    February 28th, 2007 at 8:33 pm

    Wire up the the sphincter and they could play Potty Pigeon for real (http://www.answers.com/topic/potty-pigeon-1).


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