I love Robot Chicken, I haven’t seen that much of it but everything I’ve seen from it is extremely funny. The reason I mention the show is because it is the first thing that came to my mind when I read this article from CNN.com -

Chinese scientists command pigeons via remote control


POSTED: 2:11 a.m. EST, February 27, 2007


Story Highlights

• Scientists send signals to pigeon’s brain via computer
• Chief scientist calls experiment unprecedented on pigeon in world, Xinhua reports
• Scientists have had similar success with mice, news agency reported

BEIJING, China (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 Centre 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 center’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.

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This all sounds cool and interesting, but its also very scary! What if they use these pigeons as suicide bombs?? Or even worse, implant these micro electrodes in human brains and have control over millions of soldiers who could act like killing machines with a press of a button!

Science-fiction is becoming a reality!! And Seth Green is a genius who predicted the future :P

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