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Online
Google Street View, Meet Your Avian Nemesis
2:40PM John Herrman | Now leading the privacy crusade against Google: birds! Spotted in the English beachside town of Brighton, where even the gulls are nervous about the Big G. More »
Science
Bird Beak Superpowers Measure The Earth’s Magnetic Field
4:20AM Brian Barrett | So, that’s another one the birds have on us. In addition to flight and colourful plumage, they’ve also got magnetometers in their beaks that can sense magnetic fields and use them as a map. Yes, even chickens. More »
Robots
Crowbot Puts An Army Of Crows At Your Command
9:40AM Kyle VanHemert | If this Crowbot, which can attract and repel crows with the playback of different recordings, isn’t quite weird enough for you, wait until you hear about Crowbot Jenny, the elusive superhero babe who uses it to command her crow army. More »
Robots
This Is A $US2.1m Robot Hummingbird And It May Save Your Life
2:00PM Rosa Golijan | This tiny, flying robot flaps its wings 30 times per second – just like a real hummingbird – and will one day save lives by searching for survivors in wreckage and spots inaccessible by humans. More »
Random Stuff
6:20AM Adam Frucci | Here is a photo of a videographer getting taken down by an eagle. This is basically the plot of Avatar completely summed up, made for considerably less than $US250 million. [Reddit via The Daily What]
You Mess With Nature, Nature Will Mess With You
6:20AM Adam Frucci | Here is a photo of a videographer getting taken down by an eagle. This is basically the plot of Avatar completely summed up, made for considerably less than $US250 million. [Reddit via The Daily What]
Gadgets
Hummingbird Feeder Helmet: Adrenaline Rush For Bird Watchers
5:40AM Sean Fallon | Generally speaking, bird watching doesn’t provide many death defying thrills. All that is about to change with the hummingbird feeder helmet. More »
Vehicles
200 Starlings Hitting Aircraft Engine On Take Off
12:00PM Jesus Diaz | See those black bits scattered around this Boeing? It’s just part of a massive flock of starlings hitting its fuselage and engine as it was taking off at 322km/h. About two hundred birds were sucked into the turbine. More »
Music
This Clip Is Proof That Birds Are Secretly Composers
10:20AM Rosa Golijan | A normal person sees these birds perched on electrical wires and worries about getting crapped on. Jarbas Agnelli looks at them and sees musical notes. Maybe he’s smarter than the rest of us because the melody is utterly oh-so-sweet-that-I-could-doze-off-right-now. More »
Cameras
Nest Box with Infrared Camera Redefines Birdwatching
10:00AM Andi Wang | Perfect for couch potatoes who are addicted to reality television, the Nest Box is a birdhouse with a built-in hidden infrared camera that will wirelessly transmit audio and video to your TV. More »
Cameras
