Russian company Neiry has tested pigeons as biodrones in Moscow, using neural implants and electronics to enhance their flight capabilities for various monitoring tasks.
Sure, fine. At no point was I making any argument for or against this technology. Maybe it works, maybe it doesn’t, maybe it’s a waste of time.
The only argument I’m making here is that there’s nothing far fetched about a pigeon flying over a kilometer, that’s totally normal. I’m pretty confident in this because I have first hand evidence that birds are actually really good at flying, and sometimes they fly very long distances.
Or you could I dunno, use a drone? What benefit is there to use a pigeon for any of this? The issue isn’t the payload it’s the platform.
Sure, fine. At no point was I making any argument for or against this technology. Maybe it works, maybe it doesn’t, maybe it’s a waste of time.
The only argument I’m making here is that there’s nothing far fetched about a pigeon flying over a kilometer, that’s totally normal. I’m pretty confident in this because I have first hand evidence that birds are actually really good at flying, and sometimes they fly very long distances.
So no benefit for using a pigeon.
Did you read my comment? My entire point was essentially that I don’t care. I’m not weighing in on that.
Happy we agree there’s no material benefit to using live animals to do an imperfect job of what cheap drones are already doing.
That’s not what I said, before or after my edit.
Haha, your username is ironic, you’re not even honest to yourself!