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is there anything for pigeons? I desperately need remote control pigeon

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Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨fossilesque@mander.xyz⁩ to ⁨science_memes@mander.xyz⁩

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  • Maiq@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    5th Element remote roach gif.

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  • Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They don’t tell you this but the pigeons on the street are free, you can just take them home

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  • doomsdayrs@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Please don’t encourage abuse against pigeons, they are wonderful sweet birds.

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    • fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Birds aren’t real, silly goose.

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      • GandalftheBlack@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Silly what?

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  • Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    This is either real or a terrifyingly elaborate hoax.

    Actual product page

    At Avantor

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    • OwOarchist@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      This very much could be real.

      Experiments have shown before that simple insects have very simple responses to detecting light in different directions. Shine a light in one eye, they go left. Shine a light in the other eye, they go right. Shine a light in both eyes, they go straight forward.

      It would be fairly simple to glue a couple tiny LEDs to the insect’s eyes and wire them up to a tiny microcontroller and radio receiver. And voila – remote control roach.

      Probably not super reliable in the controls and doesn’t always go exactly where you want it … but it should do a decent job of going in the general direction you tell it to.

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    • arudesalad@piefed.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Vsauce made a video on it!

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  • FinalRemix@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Dude just train pigeons and crows to do your bidding. They’re clever and you can pay them in snacks.

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    • Vex_Detrause@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Until they want salary and rights. Just keep at it with children and low income people they don’t complain hard enough. /s

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      • ikidd@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Threaten them that AI will take their jobs, that’ll shut them up.

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  • bort@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    yes, www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrUWSfd0Heg

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