Remote Control Used to Guide Pigeons, Chinese say

Wonder what the benefits of such research would be... implanting little chips in a birds brain to control it... silly!

Or is it?

Next step: Find a way to get this chip into Bush?

Do birds have sphincters? Can you control them? This has potential as a non lethal weapon.

No, birds do not generally have a sphincter. Rather, they have a pouch called a cloaca that empties when sufficiently filled. However, the pigeons could be used as a weapon, regardless. Anyone clever enough to gude them using implanted eletrodes should be able to estimate reasonably well when and where they should be positioned when the cloaca is ready to void.

Yes, the pigeons can be use as a weapons. Have you ever see a pigeon fly into an airplane?? The pigeon can do a lot of damage to the plane, especially if the bird get into the propeller.

MidniteFighter

My thoughts exactly. But look at the bright side: after this latest stock-market blowout, Chinese arbitraguers can still use the remote to make deposits on a shiny new BMW.

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