Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Remote control assassination takes a giant step forward
Long ago one of the Sci-Fi ideas I considered writing up as a story was the use of remote control birds, ideally pigeons as a tool for assassination. They could carry more than enough plastic explosive in their digestive track to decapitate a target. Imagine a pigeon, or an innocent dove flying over a well-guarded Presidential Candidate's outdoor rally... then landing on his shoulder... and exploding.
The Chinese have now developed just this technology, the remote control pigeon, according to today's news. The Robot Engineering Technology Research Center at Shandong University of Science and Technology use brain implants to control the birds flight.
Welcome to the ever braver new world.
The register finds this new tech hilarious and obviously useless: "Sadly, the report 'did not specify what practical uses the scientists saw for the remote-controlled pigeons', Reuters notes."
I'm less amused, or convinced this technology will never be employed by anyone.
The Chinese have now developed just this technology, the remote control pigeon, according to today's news. The Robot Engineering Technology Research Center at Shandong University of Science and Technology use brain implants to control the birds flight.
Welcome to the ever braver new world.
The register finds this new tech hilarious and obviously useless: "Sadly, the report 'did not specify what practical uses the scientists saw for the remote-controlled pigeons', Reuters notes."
I'm less amused, or convinced this technology will never be employed by anyone.
