Originally published at: This guy built a set-up so his rat could play Doom | Boing Boing
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Do not, repeat not, train the rat to fire the gun.
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Needs at least a fleeting mention of Project Pigeon
The intent was to train pigeons to act as “pilots” for the device[bomb], using their cognitive abilities to recognize the target. The guidance system consisted of three lenses mounted in the nose of the vehicle, which projected an image of the target on a screen mounted in a small compartment inside the nose cone. This screen was mounted on pivots and fitted with sensors that measured any angular movement.
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Needs Moar micro chainsaw
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The video was not good evidence to support the claim. Rat was preoccupied with whatever was at the end of that tube and was not even looking at screen for several of the movements.
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Can it do Excel spreadsheets?
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in ww2 Americans trained chickens to operate machine guns in bombers. they were good but generals were offended so they weren’t used. rats & chickens could be trained to provide real time decisions on mars or other planets. much less life support. and we won’t feel so bad about the cost of retrieving their carcases because y’know: they’re rats.
I hope the research sticks to offline gaming only. I don’t want my barn rodents to start taking social cues from the gamer gate sorts.
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This sounds a bit like Skinner’s research. He trained pigeons to peck at the outline of a battleship, and three pigeons were to be used to target a missile. The Navy had heard of homing pigeons, and weren’t keen.
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Link posted above.
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Project Pigeon (later Project Orcon)
Omicron?
Rats with frickin’ flechette guns.
They could get hold of the Unmaykr from Doom Eternal, that’s what.
It’s aptly named - point it at something, and it’s as if it was never there…
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