China: Remote-controlled pigeons
Ananova [UK]
03/01/07
Scientists in China have found a way to control the flight of pigeons by implanting electrodes in their brains. The researchers have developed a computer system which allows them to tell the birds to fly left, right, up or down. Chief scientist Su Xuecheng told the Xinhua news agency: ‘It’s the first such successful experiment on a pigeon in the world.’ Similar experiments on mice had been carried out by the team at the Robot Engineering Technology Research Centre, at the Shandong University of Science and Technology, two years ago...
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2222457.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
03/01/07
Scientists in China have found a way to control the flight of pigeons by implanting electrodes in their brains. The researchers have developed a computer system which allows them to tell the birds to fly left, right, up or down. Chief scientist Su Xuecheng told the Xinhua news agency: ‘It’s the first such successful experiment on a pigeon in the world.’ Similar experiments on mice had been carried out by the team at the Robot Engineering Technology Research Centre, at the Shandong University of Science and Technology, two years ago...
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2222457.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Omega - 2. Mar, 16:18
