During World War Two, psychologist B F Skinner tried to use pigeons to guide missiles towards enemy ships. His study proved it was possible, and it was finally recognised at the 2024 Ig Nobel ...

Interesting Engineering Pigeon-Guided Missile Posted: March 7, 2025 | Last updated: March 7, 2025 It sounds like science fiction, but in the 1940s, B.F. Skinner trained pigeons to guide missiles ...

Pigeon-guided missiles ... honorees was the work of American psychologist and former Harvard professor B.F. Skinner, who is being celebrated posthumously. His daughter, Julie Skinner Vargas ...

B.F. Skinner of the University of Minnesota and then Harvard University worked on machines for animal learning. During World War II, he proposed to guide missiles to their targets using trained ...

During WWII, psychologist B F Skinner tried to use pigeons to guide missiles towards enemy ships. His study proved it was possible, and it was finally recognised at the 2024 Ig Nobel Prize awards.