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August 24, 2006

Remote controls. Cue the cello music.

A while back, I mused on the delightful fact you could mail order both sharks and high power lasers.

Not to be outdone, the NUWC has released a wonderful abridged paper containing thoughts on Autonomous Shark Tag with Neural Reading and Stimulation Capability for Open-ocean Experiments

The introductory line:

NUWC is developing a fish tag whose goal is attaining behavior control of host animals via neural implants.

Behaviour control through neural implants. The NUWC in question being the Naval Undersea Warfare Center. Of course they're using sharks. Sharks are large animals, not terribly complex neurally. I've long held the belief that a sharks world consists of three (occasionally interchangeable) categories of things to eat, things to mate with and rocks.

A remote control shark. I, for one, am absolutely appalled. There is no mention of "Preflexes and Laser Munitions Targeting Systems".

I'm also not going to be volunteering to change the batteries.

Scrawled illegibly by Meathe at August 24, 2006 11:04 AM

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