birds
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
Imagine You Are an Imperial Eagle
3:40AM Jesus Diaz | I wish I could fly. Or at least, ride a giant eagle and experience the thrill that some crazy spaniards captured putting a camera on top of an actual Imperial Eagle. [CetrerÃa José Luis Ortiz] More »
Gadgets
Vending Machine for Crows Teach Stupid Birds to Do Our Bidding
10:00AM Adam Frucci | This crow vending machine was created by Joshua Klein with the aim of training crows to gather loose coins in exchange for food. The idea is that they’ll start teaching each other the behaviour. More »
Gadgets
Seattle-Tacoma Airport Using Radar and Pyrotechnics to Keep Birds off the Runway
10:00AM Adrian Covert | In the wake of the aeroplane crash landing in NYC’s Hudson River, CNN has an interesting article about the Seattle-Tacoma Airport spending $US250,000 yearly to prevent the same bird strikes that caused last month’s incident. More »
Design
Duplex Bird Cage/Fish Tank Blows Your Pets’ Tiny Minds
4:10AM Wilson Rothman | People who have birds and fish probably set the cage near the tank, but the Duplex stacks the two—cage on bottom, tank on top—in a genius move that everyone except the pets themselves will enjoy. More »
Gadgets
FlighSuit Bird Diaper Prevents Fecal Fallout
5:00AM Sean Fallon | I know that these FlightSuit diapers are for bird lovers who want their precious pets to fly freely without creating a mess, but I have a broader initiative in mind. More »
Peripherals
