During a trip to the Smithsonian last week I found this great home engineering project. Kayty Himelstein and Amy Darr were frustrated: birds came to their bird feeder while they were away at school, so the girls never got to see them. They decided to build a bird feeder that automatically takes pictures of all the birds that came to the feeder. I believe, they used Lego Mindstorms as part of building it.
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LOVE the concept. Now, if there was a birdfeeder that slapped squirrels when they ignore their own food and go for the bird’s food.
Lego, good for everything!
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