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SITWAP: Eighth-grader invents window decals which birds can see but people can't, to prevent birds from flying into windows without obstructing views. -- (link)

Posted by TaurusII Jan 23 '09, 09:00

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http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/21/ot-090121-bird-decals.html (www.cbc.ca)

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This would be great for me, I have two big bird feeders near house. -- nm - lileve Jan 23, 09:25
"500 million birds a year in Mexico, the U.S. and Canada were dying as a result of crashing into windows" I find that very hard to believe. -- nm - Ender Jan 23, 09:15 5
- i find those numbers to be as incredulous as saying, to paraphrase the report, that 100 million sharks are killed every year just for their dorsal fin - i'm not dead yet ! Jan 23, 09:22 2
  - shark live pretty long lives - 20 to 30 years. And there are plenty of different types, from all over the world -- nm - Roger More Jan 23, 09:28
  - A thousand birds hit just one building in one year. -- (link) - loosilu Jan 23, 09:25
- this study estimates between 100M and 1B a year -- (link) - Reagen Jan 23, 09:18
- Audubon quotes a guy estimating 100 million to 1 billion. -- (link) - loosilu Jan 23, 09:18
it's cool that the kid wanted to do this but...he didn't invent these, you can already buy them...nm - x Jan 23, 09:04 9
- The article states that such things exists, but are black and block the view. His innovation is to make them transparent (to people). -- nm - TaurusII Jan 23, 09:07 3
  - naw, you can buy 'em in bird stores. i've seen them. it doesn't take away from the kid's effort if he thought them up himself... - x Jan 23, 09:12
  - no, he's right, UV-colored decals are already sold. -- (link) - loosilu Jan 23, 09:09 1
    - Well, then his plan to market the idea after the Science Fair may run into some snags. ;^) -- nm - TaurusII Jan 23, 09:11
- I call that "unventing" - znufrii Jan 23, 09:07 4
  - I'm bummed out for him that he's not the firs.t -- nm - loosilu Jan 23, 09:09 3
    - I never minded that something that I had figured out on my own, had already been figured out by someone else as well. - znufrii Jan 23, 09:10 2
      - well, it means he can't patent it, right? -- nm - loosilu Jan 23, 09:11 1
        
        true. -- nm - znufrii Jan 23, 09:13
That's kind of brilliant thinking, really -- nm - Reagen Jan 23, 09:03
bravo kid! -- nm - dogbert183 Jan 23, 09:01

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