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| ====== CrowBox Overview Doc ====== | ====== CrowBox Overview Doc ====== | ||
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| So you want to build a crowbox and try your hand at training wild corvids? You're in the right place. Here are the steps you'll need to follow to get up and running: | So you want to build a crowbox and try your hand at training wild corvids? You're in the right place. Here are the steps you'll need to follow to get up and running: | ||
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| ===== 1. Download and cut the housing (or order it pre-cut) ===== | ===== 1. Download and cut the housing (or order it pre-cut) ===== | ||
| - | You have basically three choices | + | You have basically three choices: |
| - | * Purchase the pre-made parts from Ponoko FIXME - [[kit: | + | * Purchase the pre-made parts from [[kit: |
| * Buy the materials and cut the parts yourself (laser cutter required) | * Buy the materials and cut the parts yourself (laser cutter required) | ||
| * Buy the materials and cut the parts on someone else’s laser cutter | * Buy the materials and cut the parts on someone else’s laser cutter | ||
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| Ponoko is the easiest as they provide easy-to-use guidelines and ship everything to you, but note that the biggest price breaks come if more than one person orders at once. We’re not making any money from any of this, so if you can, combine your Ponoko order with a friend' | Ponoko is the easiest as they provide easy-to-use guidelines and ship everything to you, but note that the biggest price breaks come if more than one person orders at once. We’re not making any money from any of this, so if you can, combine your Ponoko order with a friend' | ||
| - | If you want to cut the materials yourself, chances are you already know about the necessary file formats, etc., but do take care to match the plexi thickness (3mm) and avoid bright colors. We don’t have any validated evidence that the birds don’t like them, but generally corvids are scared of new things so matte browns and greens seem sensible. If you’ve got questions, hit up [[http:// | + | If you want to cut the materials yourself, chances are you already know about the necessary file formats, etc., but do take care to match the plexi thickness (3mm) and avoid bright colors. |
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| + | We don’t have any validated evidence that the birds don’t like them, but generally corvids are scared of new things so matte browns and greens seem sensible. If you’ve got questions, hit up [[http:// | ||
| Your last option is to find someone who has a laser cutter. [[https:// | Your last option is to find someone who has a laser cutter. [[https:// | ||
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| A special note on cameras: right now the crowbox software contains code stubs to control cameras, but integrated cameras are not supported as part of our initial release. If you want to record video / photos of corvids using your box (and we totally encourage you to do so!) we’ve tested the following as standalone solutions: | A special note on cameras: right now the crowbox software contains code stubs to control cameras, but integrated cameras are not supported as part of our initial release. If you want to record video / photos of corvids using your box (and we totally encourage you to do so!) we’ve tested the following as standalone solutions: | ||
| - | * [[https:// | + | * [[https:// |
| * [[https:// | * [[https:// | ||
| * [[https:// | * [[https:// | ||
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| ===== 4. Assemble hardware and configure software ===== | ===== 4. Assemble hardware and configure software ===== | ||
| - | We’ve got a complete hardware assembly | + | We’ve got a complete hardware assembly guide [[https:// |
| Once you’ve got your hardware put together, configure the software and set it up for your first phase of training. More on that in our [[kit: | Once you’ve got your hardware put together, configure the software and set it up for your first phase of training. More on that in our [[kit: | ||
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| We’ve built what we hope is a rugged, relatively approachable design to interacting with corvids using nuts and coins. But the hard work is really yet to be done - working with the corvids and the box to figure out how to get them to use it in it’s final format: fetching their own coins for peanuts. | We’ve built what we hope is a rugged, relatively approachable design to interacting with corvids using nuts and coins. But the hard work is really yet to be done - working with the corvids and the box to figure out how to get them to use it in it’s final format: fetching their own coins for peanuts. | ||
| - | To that end, the more carefully you document your results (including # of cycles per phase, length of time in each phase, number of corvids using the box in your location, the weather, notes on the environment, | + | To that end, the more carefully you document your results (including # of cycles per phase, length of time in each phase, number of corvids using the box in your location, the weather, notes on the environment, |
| (Note that another feature not yet included is a cloud-based data logger to automate data collection and facilitate sharing. More on future features we’d like to include [[kit: | (Note that another feature not yet included is a cloud-based data logger to automate data collection and facilitate sharing. More on future features we’d like to include [[kit: | ||
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