Bird – Insight Sciences

Crows really hate unfairness

February 25, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Systems Science

New Study Says Unfairness Really Ruffles Crows’ Feathers
By Francie Diep, popsci.com

A new experiment found crows and ravens have a sense of fairness, just like people and dogs.

People, primates and dogs all react negatively when others get a better reward for doing the same work. Now a small study has found that crows an…

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A Constable of Ravens (rprtphoto.wordpress.com)
A Bird’s Eye View (chimericalredamancy.wordpress.com)

Bio design used to create deceptive robots

December 19, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Metadata Masterdata

Deceptive robots created thanks to squirrel and bird bluffing
By Philippa Warr, wired.co.uk

Technology

By looking at deceptive behaviours in squirrels and birds a team at the Georgia Institute of Technology have created robots capable of deceiving one another.

The military-funded project, led by Ronald Arkin of the…

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Scientists Have Built an Internet for Robots (gawker.com)
Robots Can Now Ask For Computational Help Via Web-based Database (ubergizmo.com)
Could Robots Replace Jurors? (blogs.wsj.com)
Robots Can Now Access ‘Brain’ in the Cloud, Potentially Making Them Cheaper (scienceworldreport.com)

Digital tracking reveals the relation between birds and cigarette butts

December 10, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Design UX, Digital health, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Sustainable Design, Systems Science

What birds are doing with your cigarette butts
Maggie Koerth-Baker, boingboing.net

Nicotine is one of nature’s bug zappers. Seriously. Lots of plants have evolved to produce bug-repelling chemicals as part of their defense mechanisms and tobacco happens to be one of those plants.

So when city-dwelling birds use the…

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Disposal of Cigarette Butts (brianajonesblog.wordpress.com)
Some birds use discarded cigarette butts to repel parasites from their nests. (wisegeek.com)
Lessig’s TED talk on fighting corruption in politics with campaign finance reform – Boing Boing (boingboing.net)

Birds with cameras take flight

October 12, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Design UX, Knowledge Management, Regenerative Economy, Systems Science

Birds with cameras take flight in ‘Winged Planet,’ tonight on the Discovery Channel
By Justin Rubio, theverge.com

The latest entry in the critically-acclaimed Planet series from the Discovery Channel and the BBC airs tonight at 8:00PM ET. “Winged Planet” — like “Blue Planet” and “Planet Earth” before it — is a nature documentary that utilizes…

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Photos: Discovery premieres latest episode of Africa (photos.denverpost.com)
Robot Penguins Spy on Bird Colony (spectrum.ieee.org)
DARPA Builds A 1.8-Gigapixel Camera That Can Spot Six-Inch Targets From 20,000 Feet (techcrunch.com)

Bird brains? Crows remember your face

October 6, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Design UX, Knowledge Management, Regenerative Economy

Bird brains? Crows remember your face
Scott K. Johnson, arstechnica.com

One of the most enjoyable facets of studying other species is discovering the amazing things they’re capable of. As humans, the things we tend to find most amazing are the abilities that remind us the most of, well,…

http://flpbd.it/YObK6

The social brain hypothesis and crows (evoanth.wordpress.com)
Winter Brings Thousands Of Crows To The Metro (minnesota.cbslocal.com)
Barbie for The Birds (mouldylocks.wordpress.com)
Five wonderful bird sounds of the Wales Coast Path (visitwales.co.uk)

Sand Hill Preservation Center: Rare Poultry Breeds Catalog

May 17, 2010 by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Metadata Masterdata, Systems Science

I’ve been considering raising chickens. It is actually allowed in most towns in Mass except for the ones in the most urban parts of the city. This place according to my friend Eric is one of the best ones to get chickens to start with since they are not totally freaked out.

Sand Hill Preservation Center: Rare Poultry Breeds Catalog – General Poultry Information

A Yuppie Prepper’s Guide to Chickens, by Audrey H. (survivalblog.com)
Southern Sultry Poultry: Cheesy Chicken and Spaghetti (southernfood.answers.com)
Introducing Gobble and New Poultry Products From Moo & Oink (prweb.com)
Australian review: Using insects in poultry feed (dineshpanday.wordpress.com)

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