In a recent issue Popular Science magazine described a new approach for discouraging squirrels from stealing seed from your bird feeder. A software engineer in North Carolina applied technology to the task. With a webcam aimed at his feeder, he designed customer software that analyzes the webcam feed and distinguishes squirrels from birds by size, color, and fuzziness.
When a squirrel is detected, motors aim a large Supersoaker squirt gun at the feeder and blast the squirrel with a powerful stream of water. It sound effective.
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