Comment on Russia Launches First Brain-Chipped Bird Drones for Surveillance Over Cities
sqgl@sh.itjust.works 17 hours agoIndeed “thousands of km” is far fetched:
some of which are expected to be sent thousands of kilometers away while others remain in Moscow for further trials.
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Well… The electronics are solar powered, so it’s not like batteries would run out. I’m not sure there are really limits on the flight range of a pigeon. I have to assume they’d be allowed to eat.
sqgl@sh.itjust.works 8 hours ago
How would they be controlled though?
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
I have no idea, controlling an animal’s brain is obviously the hard part too believe. But I don’t see how that affects their range.
Yggnar@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
It would effect their range because they would either need heavy equipment, like a fuckin star link dish strapped to their backs, or heavy radio equipment of some kind or something. Even if the “brain chip” is microscopic, you still need it to be able to send and receive a signal I would think, unless they intend to just operate it when it happens to be near a WiFi signal or something I guess?