A Bird Just Transferred Digital Data, What?!

Every so often the internet jumps out at you with something so strange, so alien, that you find yourself stuck in suspended animation and going, Did I just hear that?

So buckle up, because yes, a bird just transferred digital data.

No, this isn't a clickbait or hyperbole. This really did happen (allegedly).

Bird Meets Bandwidth
Someone somewhere, taught a bird to make an incredibly specific frequency. Not just warbling or squawking, but tuning in at a frequency that can be decoded as data.

Now think this through: frequencies send data all the time. Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, even the radio, all of them rely on transmitting information on specific waves. So when this bird copied a certain sound frequency, it wasn't just chirping, it was essentially broadcasting.

The Shocking Part
According to what is going on here, the bird could send data at two megabytes per second.

Let that absorb.

That is not a drip of information. That is a legitimate transfer rate. Through a bird. Using its voice.

The Full Circle Moment
Remember messenger pigeons that were used in the past? Yeah, we've come a long way. Except instead of sticking a note on a leg, the data is encoded in sound and broadcast through the air, or at least for the bird that it was trialed on.

It's old-school. It's new-school. It's techno-ornithology, and I kinda adore it.

What's Next?
At this point, I wouldn't be surprised to see parrots syncing Spotify playlists or ravens performing diagnostic tests on drones. The world is strange, and technology continues to stretch the limits of what can or cannot be done.

Whatever this experience is, it's certain: we're living in a science fiction novel. And the birds? They've just been added to the cast list.