Pigeons with Rucksacks Measure London's Air Quality (pigeonairpatrol.com) 71 points by tomjhill 10y ago ↗ HN
[–] alva 10y ago ↗ Yes, they do tweet you the results [–] tkinom 10y ago ↗ Optionally via Carrier Pigeons or Owl Post for the few without internet access. [–] fredley 10y ago ↗ IP over Avian Carriers: https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1149.txt [–] TrevorJ 10y ago ↗ As I recall, packet loss was the main issue, as the packet size was enormous. [–] Piskvorrr 10y ago ↗ Owls are way better at routing than IP, especially with roaming users ;) [–] tkinom 10y ago ↗ You mean there are non-wizard who also use Owl Post? :-)
[–] tkinom 10y ago ↗ Optionally via Carrier Pigeons or Owl Post for the few without internet access. [–] fredley 10y ago ↗ IP over Avian Carriers: https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1149.txt [–] TrevorJ 10y ago ↗ As I recall, packet loss was the main issue, as the packet size was enormous. [–] Piskvorrr 10y ago ↗ Owls are way better at routing than IP, especially with roaming users ;) [–] tkinom 10y ago ↗ You mean there are non-wizard who also use Owl Post? :-)
[–] fredley 10y ago ↗ IP over Avian Carriers: https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1149.txt [–] TrevorJ 10y ago ↗ As I recall, packet loss was the main issue, as the packet size was enormous.
[–] Piskvorrr 10y ago ↗ Owls are way better at routing than IP, especially with roaming users ;) [–] tkinom 10y ago ↗ You mean there are non-wizard who also use Owl Post? :-)
[–] J-dawg 10y ago ↗ In 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-rubbi... [–] andor 10y ago ↗ It's a great workaround for bans on quadrocopters.
[–] Fizzadar 10y ago ↗ Super 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 10y ago ↗ Not 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.
[–] michaelmior 10y ago ↗ Not 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.
[–] brink 10y ago ↗ Get 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 [–] bduerst 10y ago ↗ Same here. AFAIK the page seems to be constantly updating itself even when idle. [–] scholia 10y ago ↗ Not much impact on my CPU in Firefox (+5% or so), but it's using 60% of my GPU/graphics card....
[–] bduerst 10y ago ↗ Same here. AFAIK the page seems to be constantly updating itself even when idle. [–] scholia 10y ago ↗ Not much impact on my CPU in Firefox (+5% or so), but it's using 60% of my GPU/graphics card....
[–] scholia 10y ago ↗ Not much impact on my CPU in Firefox (+5% or so), but it's using 60% of my GPU/graphics card....
[–] hughperkins 10y ago ↗ They 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 [–] Piskvorrr 10y ago ↗ Particulates are usually at larger concentration at ground level; not sure if using variable-height sampling would make sense there.
[–] Piskvorrr 10y ago ↗ Particulates are usually at larger concentration at ground level; not sure if using variable-height sampling would make sense there.
[–] brokentone 10y ago ↗ Cutesy 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?
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[ 4.8 ms ] story [ 51.7 ms ] threadIs the use of animal "volunteers" the natural next step for the sharing economy?
[1] http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/jan/29/drowning-rubbi...
Also a possible major UI fail (unless it's just me): I can't move the map.