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It’s inspiring to see that picking up litter consistently had a big impact on a neighborhood. We were also surprised to see the strong effect the California Cam

It’s inspiring to see that picking up litter consistently had a big impact on a neighborhood. We were also surprised to see the strong effect the California Camp Fires had on litter. Hope you enjoy! Background: My friends, Elena and Felipe, and I have been picking up litter 3x per week on Polk Street for year now. We logged all the litter we picked up to see what we can find. After a year picking up we decided to see what we can learn from the data and we wrote an article with the results. We used the https://www.rubbish.love https://www.rubbish.love, which I helped program, to track all the items.

vcdimension 7y ago
Have you seen this project: http://thecrowbox.com/ http://thecrowbox.com/ and this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8lZ4I-UamM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8lZ4I-UamM Maybe we could train squirrels too..
- IfOnlyYouKnew 7y ago
  I've seen this, and it is rather sad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iux2OV3w4NI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iux2OV3w4NI
  - vcdimension 7y ago
    Hahaha!! I think it's feasible we could train birds to do that. I would rather live in a world like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIwa9sPFT5I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIwa9sPFT5I than this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Mg7qKstnPk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Mg7qKstnPk
deftnerd 7y ago
Can you give us more information on the "Rubbish Beam", pictures, tech details, and why it's so expensive? You say on a request form that you're hoping to make it cheaper, but what's the biggest block to making that happen? Is it just a standard grabber but with a cellphone holder and some kind of bluetooth trigger embedded in the "grabbing handle" that triggers the phone to take a picture?
- felipemelivilu 7y ago
  Felipe here, I design and build the beams. Until now it was mostly an issue of scale as we refined the prototype. They took time to assemble and without large order price breaks on components the direct cost was high. We've invested time into a new version that is more scalable and will be ready soon.

vcdimension 7y ago

Have you seen this project: http://thecrowbox.com/ http://thecrowbox.com/ and this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8lZ4I-UamM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8lZ4I-UamM Maybe we could train squirrels too..

IfOnlyYouKnew 7y ago
I've seen this, and it is rather sad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iux2OV3w4NI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iux2OV3w4NI
- vcdimension 7y ago
  Hahaha!! I think it's feasible we could train birds to do that. I would rather live in a world like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIwa9sPFT5I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIwa9sPFT5I than this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Mg7qKstnPk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Mg7qKstnPk

deftnerd 7y ago

Can you give us more information on the "Rubbish Beam", pictures, tech details, and why it's so expensive? You say on a request form that you're hoping to make it cheaper, but what's the biggest block to making that happen? Is it just a standard grabber but with a cellphone holder and some kind of bluetooth trigger embedded in the "grabbing handle" that triggers the phone to take a picture?

felipemelivilu 7y ago
Felipe here, I design and build the beams. Until now it was mostly an issue of scale as we refined the prototype. They took time to assemble and without large order price breaks on components the direct cost was high. We've invested time into a new version that is more scalable and will be ready soon.