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Another interesting problem this might solve is birds. Yes, domestic cats kill orders of magnitudes more birds, but that argument a. depends on relative scale
by ben509 7y ago
Another interesting problem this might solve is birds.
Yes, domestic cats kill orders of magnitudes more birds, but that argument a. depends on relative scale that people don't grok, and b. coming from an energy company reinforces the preconception that they're callous.
Add radar and a sufficiently smart AI, and they could turn a PR problem into a marketing pitch by showing birds flying through unscathed while the mirrors shift to avoid them.
- sanxiyn 7y agoThis is frankly a stupid problem caused by people who can't multiply, but I guess a stupid problem deserves a stupid solution.
- JoeAltmaier 7y agoOr, direct all mirrors at them and fry them to cinders. Hard to count cinders.
- pbhjpbhj 7y agoIf you can track individual birds like that I'd have thought you could do targeted scaring to deter the birds before they get fried. Moving mirrors quickly enough seems like it would require quite significant adaptation of the apparatus?
- cjsawyer 7y agoI also assume that the mechanical setup wouldn’t be sufficient as it was designed to move on the scale of a whole day, not tracking flying objects
- beatgammit 7y agoI worked with a security company that did essentially that with air canons and radar. Unfortunately, scared birds aren't the most predictable creatures, but it seems to work pretty well.
- piadodjanho 7y agoThere are some studies on how to scare birds in airport, they can be used in those farms as well. See: https://newatlas.com/optical-illusion-raptors-airplanes/56753/ https://newatlas.com/optical-illusion-raptors-airplanes/5675...