the.com/carrier pigeon
the original wireless network, running on breadcrumbs and an unkillable sense of home
means A homing pigeon trained to carry written messages over long distances, returning reliably to its home loft.
from "Pigeon" comes through Old French *pijon* from Latin *pipio*, "a young chirping bird," echoing the peep of a nestling. "Carrier" is simply one who carries, from the verb *carry* via Anglo-Norman *carier*, ultimately from Latin *carrus*, a wheeled wagon — the same root that gives us "car." The pairing names the bird by its job: a feathered courier. Humans have exploited pigeons' fierce instinct to navigate home for thousands of years, long before the word itself settled into English.
- war hero
- Cher Ami flew shot-up to save 194 soldiers
- speed
- can hit 90 mph over long distances
- distance
- navigates home from 1,000 miles away
- stock tips
- Reuters launched its empire using them
- data race
- beat broadband transferring files in 2009
cher ami — wwi pigeon that delivered message from 194th infantry regiment, saving 194 soldiers in 1918
gustav — nazi germany's carrier pigeon intercepted by british intelligence during wwii
leo — uk's pdsa dickin medal recipient, carried messages in burma campaign 1943-1945