Chinese scientists control flight of pigeons using microelectrodes
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BEIJING - Chinese scientists have successfully managed to remotely control the flight of pigeons via microelectrodes planted in the brains of these birds.
Xinhua news agency said in a report that the electrodes were able to control the direction of the pigeon's flight and force them to fly right or left and up or down.
Scientists at the Robot Engineering Technology Research Center were able to accomplish this task because the signals generated by the electrodes mimicked those generated in the pigeons' brains.
The scientists, who are affiliated with Shandong University of Science and Technology, were able to alter the signals in the electrodes through a computer.
Xinhua quoted the centre's chief scientist, Su Xuecheng as saying that the experiment was successful, "It's the first such successful experiment on a pigeon in the world," he added. The report said that Su and his colleagues had registered similar success with experiments conducted in 2005.
They are currently engaged in refining their technology and hope to put the same to some use in future, the report concluded.
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Unfair
By:
Rachel ,
Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:19:49 GMT
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That's unfair to pigeons, forcing them to go in a direction that you please. It's not fair on them, they should be able to go wherever they want, not be controlled by someone. Pigeons have every right to live normally and have a happier life, and not be forced on or anything.
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god damm tree huggers
By:
nme ,
Sat, 09 Jun 2007 00:57:33 GMT
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to all tree hugging retards:stfu this dose seam wrong at first but look at the big picture this could help us understand the way the brain works and it might be the start of a way to help paralized pepole and others besides pidions suck.
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hmmm.
By:
PuppyKicker ,
Mon, 04 Jun 2007 22:35:24 GMT
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The good thing is that they are not testing this stuff on humans(yet) so people who are like "it urts the animal" or " feel bad" get a life animals probally dont feel any pain because the way their nerves are constructed and work.
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Gyborgs
By:
Neat ,
Wed, 28 Mar 2007 22:21:00 GMT
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Gyborgs funn... Lets but these on politicians. That way we can prewent them from doing more stupid decisions. Actually using chips trikkering high pain(ect experiences) in humans could be more usefull. The chip would automaticly tricker when brain functions thinking offensively and thinking own body would activate. This way they wouldnt be able to even think about removing them. Then just tell em what to do and if they think against the chip aarrghh. :) Neat isnt it??
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F**king lousy bird-fuckers
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Ry ,
Mon, 26 Mar 2007 01:41:04 GMT
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Tbh, All of you animal "Freaks" Get a life, honestly. The birds are gunna die, whether we use em or not... So let's make the most of them.
These birds could be used in search of human "lost-ees".
Just stick a camera on there head and well-ah.
I don't see why you make such a fuss, Animals are dying everyday because of predators, WE are predators aswell.
Make the most of being at the top of the food-chain will 'ya?
F**king whiney shits
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this is stupid?
By:
Canaan ,
Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:52:27 GMT
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You obviously are very ignorant on the subject of this particular animal testing. There is NO reason to implant these in animals? Thats ridiculous. Who said these electrodes would be placed in human brains? How about placing them on either side of a injured spine to assist someone who can no longer walk?
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This is stupid.
By:
matt ,
Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:52:03 GMT
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Actually the technology to mimic brain function has been around for a long time. All you have to do is know where to place the electric shock in order to start a chain reaction of nerves firing so that the action you were trying to provoke occurs. The brain is, afterall, where all nerves begin. Once you know which parts of the brain control the brid's flight, and how it uses them, then you know how to fly the bird. Also, If the part of the brain has died (ie: in the case of a stroke) then it is useless because the nerve cells themselves have died, which means that they are no longer able to serve their function. There is no reason to implant these in the brains of humans, and thus there is no reason to implant them in the brains of birds.
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People come on.
By:
Canaan ,
Mon, 19 Mar 2007 02:14:46 GMT
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The people making stupid remarks like "poor birds" and "how could we ever use this" are missing the point completely. This isn't about making a bird fly left/right/up/down. Its about the possibilities this kind of discovery open up. Its about the potential for this to HELP PEOPLE, not just HURT BIRDS. This sort of breakthrough could help people with prosthetic arms or legs, or help someone who is paralyzed gain control of their body again. Stop being so closed minded and look at the bigger picture here. If you were paralyzed from the waste down, and there was a chance that research on pigeons could make you walk again, and give you your life back would you say "poor pigeons", or would you say "cut those birds open, slap a microchip in them, I don't care as long as I get to walk again"???
I say who cares about a few birds that are otherwise almost completely useless to us. If this helps people then thats all that matters!!
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Disgust
By:
Grace ,
Sun, 18 Mar 2007 03:19:36 GMT
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This should not be implanted in ANY living creature. u retards who think that they can use it on humans are stupid, it CONTROLS them! not helps! if u told them 2 kill sum1 w/ ur control, they would! it should be destroyed1
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food
By:
jeebus ,
Fri, 16 Mar 2007 23:36:53 GMT
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Why are they doing this, don't they know there is a food shortage? I'm outraged they are not eating this perfectly good piece of meat.
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What could the future hold?
By:
Nick ,
Fri, 16 Mar 2007 23:29:50 GMT
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This research could possibly be used *eventually* to aid people with brain damage, such as those that lose mobility from a stroke. If it can mimic the signals to control a muscle group, then why can't it help someone that can't move half of their body from a stroke? There is potential in this. If you want to stop animal testing, go ahead and throw away any chance for a cure of pretty much any disease. Tree huggers, GTFO
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You're all Dumb
By:
Idiots ,
Fri, 16 Mar 2007 20:42:58 GMT
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Anyone who compares Humans to birds is a moron, such as Danielle's comment "They are the same as us inside". Might as well say humans are the same as fish or mice.
Who knows what we can get out of this science.
Atleast they are working on simple creatures like pigeons instead of testing chimpanzees or monkeys, which you can actually compare to humans.
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yay
By:
someguy ,
Fri, 16 Mar 2007 20:26:45 GMT
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i envision a future where this is used for entertainment purposes. Anyone remember robot wars? lets bring it up a notch. remote controlled cock fights. and lets not forget, with this technology we may one day get women to finally do what we tell them
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sick sick sick
By:
Dutch Animal Rescue ,
Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:51:36 GMT
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This is sick, let us plant a microchip in one of these chinese scientists and lets play with them with our remote controls!!!...what a sick people we have on this planet...I say NO to this..
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=P
By:
nick ,
Fri, 16 Mar 2007 06:18:22 GMT
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dont u people understand how this can keep up the bird fish mammal and reptile poppulation of the future, maybe now our great grandchildren can enjoy the animals we enjoy today
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duh
By:
God 2.0 ,
Fri, 16 Mar 2007 06:12:58 GMT
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what do you guys expect, they're chinese. They have no souls
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Really Sad
By:
Hoda ,
Fri, 16 Mar 2007 04:31:22 GMT
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this is beyond limits, we all know inovstions done within science are very exiting but why would we need to go to the point where we control pigeons, i mean we never needed to do so and i dont think its usefull,THEY ARE ANIMALS PART OF NATURE AND DO NOT DESERVE ANY ABUSE OR TESTING ON NEW GADGETS.
LETS NOT FORGET WE ARE ALL LIVING CREATURE THAT ARE CAPABLE OF FEELING AND THINKING AND HAVE THE RIGHT TO LIVE PEACEFULLY ON THIS EARTH ..."EVEN PIGEONS!!!"
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Pigeon robots
By:
Catherine ,
Fri, 16 Mar 2007 00:15:26 GMT
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Our world is so f*cked up! i dont understand how anyone with any sort of grasp on humanity can even think of using science like this!
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Chinese scientists control flight of pigeons using microelectrodes
By:
Skine ,
Thu, 15 Mar 2007 22:56:09 GMT
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The purpose it might serve is to provide greater knowledge into brain function. It does bring up the question of how far this can go, and "moral implications" of controlling an animal or even a human being, but for the moment it is just exciting.
As for your question about aliens: I'm not for animal testing in general, but there's an astronomical difference between pigeons and humans. Humans are a sentient species, while pigeons are not.
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Poor Birds
By:
Danielle ,
Thu, 15 Mar 2007 20:01:25 GMT
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I see pigeon abuse in he future. Poor birds. And yeah, its pretty useless. I wouldn't want that implanted in my brain, so why should we do t to them? They are the same as us inside.
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Chinese scientists control flight of pigeons using microelectrodes
By:
God ,
Thu, 15 Mar 2007 17:56:44 GMT
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well, it might be used by military or such. but other than that, it's fairly useless.
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Chinese scientists control flight of pigeons using microelectrodes
By:
Jonathan ,
Tue, 27 Feb 2007 13:57:02 GMT
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What purpose does useless science like this serve - only to inflict cruelty on defenceless birds, or to control the Chinese and perhaps humanity??
Again, how would humanity react if an alien race started experimenting on us humans?
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