ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The accused have also disclosed the names of their six accomplices Tariq, Faisal, Ijaz, Naveed, Umer and Javed, who are still at large."
THANKS Oorang for posting/pointing to this article.
http://www.dawn.com/2007/03/01/local5.htm
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=china
Note: The following post is a quote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1793118/posts
Bird-brained China scientists learn to fly pigeons (borg pigeon at your service)
Reuters ^ | 02/27/07
Posted on 02/28/2007 9:42:00 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster
Bird-brained China scientists learn to fly pigeons
Tue Feb 27, 12:53 AM ET
BEIJING (Reuters) - Scientists in eastern China say they have succeeded in controlling the flight of pigeons with micro electrodes planted in their brains, state media reported on Tuesday.
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Scientists at the Robot Engineering Technology Research Centre at Shandong University of Science and Technology said ther electrodes could command them to fly right or left or up or down, Xinhua news agency said.
"The implants stimulate different areas of the pigeon's brain according to signals sent by the scientists via computer, and force the bird to comply with their commands," Xinhua said.
"It's the first such successful experiment on a pigeon in the world," Xinhua quoted the centre's chief scientist, Su Xuecheng, as saying.
Su and his colleagues, who Xinhua said had had similar success with mice in 2005, were improving the devices used in the experiment and hoped that the technology could be put into practical use in future.
The report did not specify what practical uses the scientists saw for the remote-controlled pigeons.