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Current Stimulation of the Midbrain Nucleus in Pigeons for Avian Flight Control (mdpi.com)
22 points by tjalfi on July 31, 2021 | hide | past | favorite | 10 comments


This kind of research really needs to develop/use less stiff and/or non metallic conductive implants. For example organic conductive materials. The immune response to stiff metallic electrodes means that it will never last as a bionic implant for applications.


It's likely that patents on suitable materials used for neural electrodes will have to expire before they can be more generally used in publicly funded research.


Here is a great article on the forerunner to this neural remote control work: Jose Delgado's "Stimoceiver". https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/tribute-to-...


I'm not entirely sure I'd fancy a second life as the pigeon in figure (1).


I hope the paper authors get this in reward for their work.


With all the bird shit they must be breathing in that room, they must be in for a surprise.


So,70 years later, project ORCON in reverse? Sweet.


I thought it was a joke when I read about in some journal.


I think certain research needs to be justified and this falls within that camp


I guess this is a more direct approach than giving them coffee and cigarettes.




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