February 1st, 2006
Pigeons to Help Monitor Air Pollution with “Own” Blog
By Michael Santo
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
No, they won’t be pecking the entries into the blog with their beaks. But in August 20 pigeons each carrying a GPS satellite tracking receiver, air pollution sensors and a basic mobile phone will be released into the skies above San Jose, CA.
Text messages on air quality will be beamed back in real time to a special pigeon “blog,” a journal accessible on the Internet. Miniature cameras slung around the pigeons’ necks will also post aerial pictures. Source: Reuters
We Say: My city of birth! And yes, it can be pretty smoggy at that time of year. This data could be pretty useful, though I wonder how much that equipment will weigh (they’re trying to get it onto a single circuit board). The blog will also have an interactive map of the data. As far as I know the pigeons aren’t going to sign up for AdSense, but I could be wrong. 
Lockergnome's Tech News Watch says:
Pigeons to Help Monitor Air Pollution with “Own” Blog
Michael Santo of RealTechNews writes No, they won’t be pecking the entries into the blog with their beaks. But in August 20 pigeons each carrying a GPS satellite tracking receiver, air pollution sensors and a basic mobile phone will be released into t…
February 1st, 2006 at 10:15 pm
David Johnston says:
That sounds pretty cool
February 1st, 2006 at 10:22 pm
Perros says:
Maybe these are the same pigeons used by Google - http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html
;)
-Perros-
February 2nd, 2006 at 12:44 am
Eugen says:
oh my!!!
i happen to be an authority on pigeons (at least two special ones).
and all i can say is: they are eviiiil.
mankind shall regret this move.
February 2nd, 2006 at 1:45 am
Alice says:
That’s it - the day pigeons get to their own blog is the day I quit! Now literally everyone has a blog. Even the pigeons.
February 2nd, 2006 at 3:10 am
Vicki Brown says:
Well, it was only a matter of time. After Google started using Pigeon ranking, naturally the pigeons would start campaigning for their own blog!
February 2nd, 2006 at 11:35 am
Vicki Brown says:
The original article (referenced by Reuters) is in New Scientist magazine. I think it’s interesting that the pigeons are going up over San Jose CA (US) and we read the article is in a British science magazine. Small world and all that. (Plug: New Scioentist is an interesting read)
February 2nd, 2006 at 12:43 pm
imparare says:
Interesting comments..
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