Hehe... kinda....
http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSPEK20484520070227?src=022707_1301_ARTICLE_PROMO_also_on_reuters

Quote :

"BEIJING (Reuters) - 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 Center at Shandong University of Science and Technology said their electrodes could command them to fly right or left or up or down, Xinhua news agency said. "The implants stimulate different areas of the pigeon's brain according to signals sent by the scientists via computer, and force the bird to comply with their commands," Xinhua said. "It's the first such successful experiment on a pigeon in the world," Xinhua quoted the centre's chief scientist, Su Xuecheng, as saying Su and his colleagues, who Xinhua said had had similar success with mice in 2005, were improving the devices used in the experiment and hoped that the technology could be put into practical use in future. The report did not specify what practical uses the scientists saw for the remote-controlled pigeons."

2/27/2007 4:54:31 PM

oh my god, the world is getting weird.

2/27/2007 4:58:19 PM

we already have the technology for mind control:

2/27/2007 5:02:30 PM

...more like sensory motor control.

Quote :

"The report did not specify what practical uses the scientists saw for the remote-controlled pigeons"

I can think of many uses. From entertainment to business affairs to warfare.

2/27/2007 5:03:38 PM

this is what happens when communists get money

2/27/2007 5:11:29 PM

Quote :

""It's the first such successful experiment on a pigeon in the world," Xinhua quoted the centre's chief scientist, Su Xuecheng, as saying"

more like...

"It waaas fust such sussful expewiment on a pigun in the rorld

2/27/2007 5:13:31 PM

i bet they'd use it on their own people for some forced labor or some crap like that

2/27/2007 5:15:35 PM

MKULTRA version 0.1

2/27/2007 5:17:47 PM

Don't trust anything the Chinese say.

Especially if it's touting their abilities.

2/27/2007 5:22:04 PM

did you hear iran cured aids!!!

2/27/2007 5:23:00 PM

this is great news! pretty soon we won't have to worry about cons being parolled, we'll just mind control them into obedience.

also would work great on presidents. or are they already using this tech on bush?

2/27/2007 5:30:03 PM

yeah theyre using it on bush, except they call it candy.

2/27/2007 7:48:07 PM

^^ you care a little too much man

like, every other post

2/27/2007 7:54:48 PM

Hey, when he realizes his only attempt at adding what he feels is intelligent discussion is to slander Bush, then he is going to keep with that until he learns something new.

2/27/2007 7:55:56 PM

Bush sucks!

2/27/2007 10:52:55 PM

same thread in Soapbox

lock it up

2/28/2007 12:15:24 AM

China has brainwashing down to an art, this is nothing compared to some of their other projects.

2/28/2007 12:24:27 AM

2/28/2007 3:20:34 AM

this thread makes me lol.

2/28/2007 6:36:49 AM

I wonder how many times they made a pidgeon nose dive into the ground.

2/28/2007 12:04:04 PM

Science fiction ------> Reality

Oh yes.

2/28/2007 2:36:46 PM