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HHS Rapid Response @HHSResponse - Video: Recapping recent @US_FDA wins ⬇
https://x.com/HHSResponse/status/2027108414925549611

The HighWire @HighWireTalk - In Moscow, a Russian neurotech firm called Neiry has unveiled something that sounds like science fiction...but isn't.
They call it PJN-1. The concept: surgically implant microscopic electrodes into a living bird's brain, attach a lightweight pack with GPS, a control module, solar power, and a camera, and steer the animal using electrical impulses. No training required. No batteries to swap. Just a pigeon doing what pigeons do... except now it goes where it's told.
The range claim alone should get your attention. These birds can reportedly cover roughly 300 miles in a day. Most commercial drones can't come close.
More importantly, a pigeon looks like a pigeon. It doesn't trigger FAA regulations. It doesn't show up on radar. It doesn't look suspicious flying over a city, a protest, a border, or a backyard. That's not a bug in this design. That's the whole point.
@ChelleWards and @tracybeanz break down not just what this technology is, but what it represents.
Because lets face it, PJN-1 is less about birds than it is the principle that behavior can be shaped at the circuitry level. That a living nervous system can be turned into a programmable platform.
The U.S. defense research world has been funding cyborg insect programs for years. This is that same idea, packaged with a brand name, a product code, and a startup pitch deck. And as Tracy and Michelle point out - technology like this never introduces itself as a surveillance tool. It always arrives at the dinner party as search-and-rescue. Pipeline inspection. Disaster monitoring.
Until it doesn't.
Humanity spent decades building drones that act like birds. Now someone is building birds that act like drones.
READ:
https://thehighwire.com/editorial/sky-spies-with-feathers/
https://x.com/HighWireTalk/status/2027142379732353102