Pigeons, awful things. They shit on you, nearly pluck your eyes out and crowd around you when you stupidly take out a sandwich to eat downtown. You could always do what they did on 24 Hour Party People and lace bread with rat poison, thus, killing all the little bastards - but that would be inhumane, wouldn't it? What if, then, you could control them? Dive bombing them into the nearest river sounds like a tempting option.
Scientists in eastern China say they have succeeded in controlling the flight of pigeons with micro electrodes planted in their brains, state media reported on Tuesday.
Scientists at the Robot Engineering Technology Research Centre at Shandong University of Science and Technology said ther electrodes could command them to fly right or left or up or down, Xinhua news agency said. - Reuters
It's a bit scary to be honest, if they can do this with pigeons then what's stopping them trying it on humans in the future? Ok, so we're not dumb 'rats with wings' riddled with disease (ok, some of us aren't!) but what's stopping them with technology proceeding at such an extreme rate? If you can design something that directly interfaces and controls the brain against their will then it won't be too long before it can be adapted to humans. Hence...
'GOVERNMENT CONTROLLING RELEASED CONVICTS WITH MIND CHIPS!'
Ok, maybe not, but there's nothing wrong with a bit of whacky speculating.
Bird-brained China scientists learn to fly pigeons - Reuters.
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