Quote Originally Posted by Kongamato
I also remember a History Channel show telling about a Pigeon-Guided bomb. The bomb would contain a pigeon which was trained to peck at a picture of a battleship. Once dropped, the guidance mechanisms would interpret the location of the pigeon's pecking and would steer the bomb accordingly. This did not make it into production.
That's the "Pigeon Project". Walter F. Skinner. Harvard. ca. 1955-60.
Very interesting. Lots of stuff on the web for those interested.
The first cybernetic machine, so to say.