Post #2464800

2026-02-08 16:17 UTC

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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@in_my_honest_opinion@piefed.social 2026-02-08 16:23

Propaganda mills run 24hrs in time of war. All sectors of industry are often involved. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Propaganda_Works I absolutely do not believe these claims until they're independently verified

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@real_squids@sopuli.xyz 2026-02-08 16:20

>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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@moonshadow@slrpnk.net 2026-02-08 18:37

If it's like the bug experiments, they aren't controlling its muscles granularly but guiding the whole critter through pain/aversion. Going left hurts, bird goes right type deal

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@sqgl@sh.itjust.works 2026-02-09 04:49

Indeed "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.*

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