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- Scientists in Israel have used their best minds - to teach goldfish how to drive.
- Biologists, trying to discover the origin of navigational skills, created a Fish Operated Vehicle, or FOV, by slapping a tank filled with fish on top of wheels outfitted with a camera and computer.
- One researcher explained, "The vehicle was designed to detect the fish’s position in the water tank and react by activating the wheels, moving it in a specific direction according to the fish’s position."
- The fish in the FOV, a six-seater, traveled at speeds topping out at less than a mile an hour.
- Researchers concluded that the "study suggests that fish can learn to control a vehicle and use simple navigation strategies to successfully perform a task."
- Based on the experiment's videos it looks like these fish need a "warning: student driver" sticker on that tank.