• worhui@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    This an an absolutely exceptional claim that would put the company decades beyond any tech I have seen. They are claiming remote control of a complicated animal in flight. They also claim it is without training and over distances impossible for a bird as small as a pigeon to carry radio gear.

    This is not believable without any evidence.

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        12 hours ago

        I’m not sure propaganda has ever been more intense and widespread than it is now with ubiquitous tech addiction

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      12 hours ago

      according to Forbes Russia and a company statement

      duh

      edit: as for radio, if it’s not required to be realtime it would make a lot of sense to carry sd cards instead, provides lower energy consumption too

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        This is a remote control situation. The bird would do bird things once out of a control signal. They aren’t claiming full override and programming. I could easily see strapping a camera to a pigeon and training it. Maybe even remotely monitoring it and using a pre-trained electrical pulse to change direction.

        These claims are beyond that. This is possibly the equivalent of scientist cures cancer where a reported misunderstands what is actually being presented.

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          12 hours ago

          yea true, they did mention preloading flight paths, so it might be radio-less (apart from gps ig)