Animal-guidance systems Archives

2001-4 – MEART Rat Neuron Drawing Machine – SymbioticA (Australian/American)

Posted on June 18, 2012 by cyberne1

MEART: THE SEMI-LIVING ARTIST '2001-4' SymbioticA Research Group in collaboration with The Potter Group SymbioticA Research Group were established in 2000 as one of the core research groups in SymbloticA, the Art & Science Collaborative Research Laboratory, School of Anatomy & Human Biology, University of Western Australia. The Potter Group was established in 1999 in …

1940 – Project Pigeon (1948 – Project Orcon) – B.F. Skinner (American)

Posted on December 27, 2011March 22, 2014 by cyberne1

Painting (1986) by Anton van Dalenshowing B.F. Skinner with Project Pigeon. Project Orcon During World War II, Project Pigeon (later Project Orcon, for "organic control") was American behaviorist B. F. Skinner's attempt to develop a pigeon-guided missile. The control system involved a lens at the front of the missile projecting an image of the target to …