PIGEON GUIDED MISSILES

And 49 Other Ideas that Never Took Off. During WWII, an American behavioural psychologist working with pigeons discovered that the birds could be trained to recognise an object and peck at an image of it, when loaded into the nose-cone of a missile, these pecks could be translated into adjustments to the guidance fins, steering the projectile to its target. This book reveals this and other fascinating tales of daring plans from history destined to change the world we live in, yet which ended in failure, or even disaster. Some became the victims of the eccentric figures behind them, and others succumbed to financial and political misfortune.

Si 49 de alte idei care nu au luat-o niciodata. In timpul celui de-al doilea razboi mondial, un psiholog comportamental american care lucra cu porumbei a descoperit ca pasarile ar putea fi antrenate sa recunoasca un obiect si sa ciuguleasca o imagine a acestuia, atunci cand sunt incarcate in conul nasului unei rachete, aceste pete ar putea fi traduse in ajustari la indrumare aripioare, directionand proiectilul catre tinta sa.