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Going a bit too far? (1 Viewer)
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John Eaton
Well-known member
Will Asian vagrants now not be accepted on the basis that they could have arrived by remote control. 
chris murphy
Used Register
If they can remote control a White throated Needletail over here and have it circle South Gare for a few days then I'm all for it.
But seriously, this does seem to be quite strange stuff to be researching.
But seriously, this does seem to be quite strange stuff to be researching.
Vectis Birder
Itchy feet
Going too far? Way too far, in my opinion.
pianoman
duck and diver, bobolink and weaver
Stranger than fiction - remember the pigeon guided missiles in WW2?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pigeon
Thought that project had been abandoned for humanitarian reasons, but from this article, it appears it was for more practial reasons.
There's an air of inevitability about the experiments. You can bet it's going on elsewhere too. It seems that research that might give a country a military advantage is ALWAYS impossible to resist.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pigeon
Thought that project had been abandoned for humanitarian reasons, but from this article, it appears it was for more practial reasons.
There's an air of inevitability about the experiments. You can bet it's going on elsewhere too. It seems that research that might give a country a military advantage is ALWAYS impossible to resist.
Laurence H
Well-known member
Is it really that outrageous? According to the article they'd already done tests on mice. Is that as bad? What if it leads to some device that gives a better quality of life to people with motor neurone disease? (I'm guessing here a bit!).
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Chinese scientists have succeeded in implanting electrodes in the brain of a pigeon to remotely control the bird's flight..........
......... it was the first such successful experiment on a pigeon in the world, said Su, who conducted a similar successful experiment on mice in 2005.
Radio controlled flying mice!!!! Now, that would be worth seeing.
......... it was the first such successful experiment on a pigeon in the world, said Su, who conducted a similar successful experiment on mice in 2005.
Radio controlled flying mice!!!! Now, that would be worth seeing.
Xenospiza
Distracted
No joke: http://www.newscientist.com/data/images/ns/9999/radiocontrolledhuman.mpgteamsaint said:
Katy Penland
Well-known member
You should see what the US Navy does to live dolphins to "see how their brains work." Horrifying. Truly out of a Boris Karloff movie.
