Russian company Neiry has tested pigeons as biodrones in Moscow, using neural implants and electronics to enhance their flight capabilities for various monitoring tasks.
  • worhui@lemmy.worldEnglish
    69·
    6 hours ago

    This an an absolutely exceptional claim that would put the company decades beyond any tech I have seen. They are claiming remote control of a complicated animal in flight. They also claim it is without training and over distances impossible for a bird as small as a pigeon to carry radio gear.

    This is not believable without any evidence.

      • gustofwind@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        6 hours ago

        I’m not sure propaganda has ever been more intense and widespread than it is now with ubiquitous tech addiction

    • moonshadow@slrpnk.netEnglish
      2·
      4 hours ago

      If it’s like the bug experiments, they aren’t controlling its muscles granularly but guiding the whole critter through pain/aversion. Going left hurts, bird goes right type deal

    • real_squids@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      81·
      6 hours ago

      according to Forbes Russia and a company statement

      duh

      edit: as for radio, if it’s not required to be realtime it would make a lot of sense to carry sd cards instead, provides lower energy consumption too

      • worhui@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        6 hours ago

        This is a remote control situation. The bird would do bird things once out of a control signal. They aren’t claiming full override and programming. I could easily see strapping a camera to a pigeon and training it. Maybe even remotely monitoring it and using a pre-trained electrical pulse to change direction.

        These claims are beyond that. This is possibly the equivalent of scientist cures cancer where a reported misunderstands what is actually being presented.

        • real_squids@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          11·
          6 hours ago

          yea true, they did mention preloading flight paths, so it might be radio-less (apart from gps ig)

  • ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    15·
    6 hours ago

    The company plans to use the biodrones for extended monitoring of power transmission lines, gas distribution nodes and other infrastructure, as well as for environmental surveys, industrial inspections, search-and-rescue missions and additional security monitoring

    Sure thing buddy. We all know what these are actually for you colossal piece of shit.

  • voidsignal@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    5 hours ago

    Then tomorrow they’ll invent teleportation during lunch break. Russia is such an advanced state, and defintely not shithole running out a cash propaganda machine governed by a stupid afraid-of-death human stain

  • MrFappy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    6 hours ago

    This will lead to unintended consequences of Russian citizens killing any bird they see, which will mirror the Chinese famine from years ago where they did the same, but that led to an increase of crop killing insects which led to widespread famine.

    • in_my_honest_opinion@piefed.socialEnglish
      4·
      2 hours ago

      From the article

      The rat has already correctly answered hundreds of scientific questions - about quasars, myelin shells, Python and Albert Einstein’s birthday. The experiment continues every day, the number of rats with a neural interface is also growing.

      Pile it High and Deep PHD work.

  • bleistift2@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    2·
    6 hours ago

    I would like to go back to the times when I could easily tell a joke from reality. To go, please.

  • wltr@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    11·
    5 hours ago

    Russians? LOL. The best they can do is to fucking eat the poor little bird, as their economy is fucked and they are stupid enough to not understand why. Stop believing into miracles. Russia is a shit hole not much better to Nigeria. (Sorry Nigeria, I’m sure you’re much better than that, I just have no good example to compare to.)