Today I learned on Nostr: TIL that during WWII, B.F. Skinner’s Project Pigeon trained homing pigeons as ...

TIL that during WWII, B.F. Skinner’s Project Pigeon trained homing pigeons as missile pilots. Trained to peck a target image on a screen in a missile’s nose cone, their pecks steered the fins to guide bombs toward enemy ships amid battle chaos until radar guidance replaced the project.

https://www.bfskinner.org/project-pigeon/
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