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Pigeons with Rucksacks Measure London's Air Quality
- alva 11y agoYes, they do tweet you the results
- tkinom 11y agoOptionally via Carrier Pigeons or Owl Post for the few without internet access.
- fredley 11y agoIP over Avian Carriers: https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1149.txt https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1149.txt
- TrevorJ 11y agoAs I recall, packet loss was the main issue, as the packet size was enormous.
- Piskvorrr 11y agoOwls are way better at routing than IP, especially with roaming users ;)
- tkinom 11y agoYou mean there are non-wizard who also use Owl Post? :-)
- J-dawg 11y agoIn Lima they have vultures looking out for illegal rubbish dumps. [1] Is the use of animal "volunteers" the natural next step for the sharing economy? [1] http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/jan/29/drowning-rubbish-lima-vultures-gopro-video-cameras http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/jan/29/drowning-rubbi...
- andor 11y agoIt's a great workaround for bans on quadrocopters.
- Fizzadar 11y agoSuper interesting, shame both my home and work are engulfed in moderate pollution :/ Also a possible major UI fail (unless it's just me): I can't move the map.
- michaelmior 11y agoNot just you. I'm guessing the map wasn't intended to be moved, but if that's the case, hovering shouldn't show the hand cursor.
- coldcode 11y agoPigeons With Rucksacks would make an awesome band name.
- brink 11y agoGet your website in check. Using that much of my CPU on idle is ridiculous. https://s3.amazonaws.com/coda-files/2016-03-14_12-33-55.png https://s3.amazonaws.com/coda-files/2016-03-14_12-33-55.png
- sktrdie 11y agoDamn couldn't they be used for mesh internet in cities?
- hughperkins 11y agoThey cant spell dioxide, and theyre not measuring pm2.5 theres a site at heathrow that does measure pm2.5 http://www.heathrowairwatch.org.uk/data/graphs http://www.heathrowairwatch.org.uk/data/graphs
- Piskvorrr 11y agoParticulates are usually at larger concentration at ground level; not sure if using variable-height sampling would make sense there.
- brokentone 11y agoCutesy copy written from pigeon perspective: "So don’t worry, we love flying, we’re pigeons after all." But serious copy about needing bicyclists as beta testers -- is the pigeon deal a publicity stunt, or a real situation?
- capote 11y agoTiny pigeon backpacks! Cute!
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