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There were experiment painting reindeer antlers here in Finland. But it failed, the paint wont last. So nothing to see here really. Yet another internet ”thing

There were experiment painting reindeer antlers here in Finland. But it failed, the paint wont last. So nothing to see here really. Yet another internet ”thing” circling around

nntwozz 1y ago
Did they try other alternatives, like reflective tape? Wrap it around like handlebar tape. Make it degradable or else the woods will fill up with junk. Let's brainstorm some more, design a special hunter-seeker robot powered by AI that captures deer in the wild and performs this menial task. Thank you, I'll show myself out.
- flanked-evergl 1y ago
  You seem to have forgotten to take your comment out with you.
- Cthulhu_ 1y ago
  Bio-engineer the animals so their antlers and/or fur becomes reflective itself, and / or glow in the dark.
  - cardamomo 1y ago
    Bio-engineer vehicles that instinctively avoid deer.
    - fragmede 1y ago
      If we're doing that level of bioengineering, the other direction would be to have the vehicles be able to eat any deer that cross its path for fuel. The circle of life doesn't work without predators at the top who eventually die themselves, returning their energy to the beginning of the cycle.
- Someone 1y ago
  Put a tiny radio on all of them that broadcasts a “deer here” signal, and require cars to have a receiver to detect them. Ideally, make it a RFID.
lillecarl 1y ago
I think what fancy cars do with infrared cameras is the actual solution. I don't know what's so prohibitively expensive about infrared cameras, I think it should be standard in "mid+tier" cars in the nordics and similars. However fencing has become very supermegamuch better which works well too, i guess because of more automated installation
- mystified5016 1y ago
  ITER. Thermal cameras are used in missile guidance, so the US makes it hard to get good thermal cameras.
Cthulhu_ 1y ago
Not to mention they have to round up all the deer and paint each and every one of them first. Which is probably fine for farmed deer but not wild ones.
IAmBroom 1y ago
... which is in fact what the article YDNFR is about.

There were experiment painting reindeer antlers here in Finland. But it failed, the paint wont last. So nothing to see here really. Yet another internet ”thing” circling around

nntwozz 1y ago

Did they try other alternatives, like reflective tape? Wrap it around like handlebar tape. Make it degradable or else the woods will fill up with junk. Let's brainstorm some more, design a special hunter-seeker robot powered by AI that captures deer in the wild and performs this menial task. Thank you, I'll show myself out.

flanked-evergl 1y ago
You seem to have forgotten to take your comment out with you.
Cthulhu_ 1y ago
Bio-engineer the animals so their antlers and/or fur becomes reflective itself, and / or glow in the dark.
- cardamomo 1y ago
  Bio-engineer vehicles that instinctively avoid deer.
  - fragmede 1y ago
    If we're doing that level of bioengineering, the other direction would be to have the vehicles be able to eat any deer that cross its path for fuel. The circle of life doesn't work without predators at the top who eventually die themselves, returning their energy to the beginning of the cycle.
Someone 1y ago
Put a tiny radio on all of them that broadcasts a “deer here” signal, and require cars to have a receiver to detect them. Ideally, make it a RFID.

lillecarl 1y ago

I think what fancy cars do with infrared cameras is the actual solution. I don't know what's so prohibitively expensive about infrared cameras, I think it should be standard in "mid+tier" cars in the nordics and similars. However fencing has become very supermegamuch better which works well too, i guess because of more automated installation

mystified5016 1y ago
ITER. Thermal cameras are used in missile guidance, so the US makes it hard to get good thermal cameras.

Cthulhu_ 1y ago

Not to mention they have to round up all the deer and paint each and every one of them first. Which is probably fine for farmed deer but not wild ones.

IAmBroom 1y ago

... which is in fact what the article YDNFR is about.