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A camera for bugs? 🐞

January 16, 2025 / 00:56

This episode discusses Bird Buddy's new smart camera technology for gardens, including features for recognizing birds and bugs.

The conversation highlights how Bird Buddy has expanded from a bird feeder to a camera system that can be placed on plants. The cameras can be adjusted to capture different angles and provide information about various insects.

Specific examples include the identification of invasive species like the Lanternfly and the humorous aspect of receiving updates about common garden visitors.

The hosts share their thoughts on the practicality and cost of this technology, which retails for around $300.

TL;DR

Bird Buddy introduces smart cameras for gardens that identify insects and plants.

Episode

0:56
00:00:00
do you guys remember bird buddy it's
00:00:01
like a smart bird feeder basically and
00:00:03
it would take pictures and analyze birds
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that showed up to your bird feeder and
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be like oh you've got a Mocking Jay
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today and it would be funny photo of the
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bird they have uh expanded or I should I
00:00:13
say shrunk yeah now they have these
00:00:15
special cameras that you put on your
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plants and you can sort of contort the
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camera around different things so
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there's some that you can basically use
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as a vine to go like around gorilla pod
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style yeah it's a the gorilla pod camera
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to be able to point at certain things in
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a special way but they also will like
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recognize different bugs and they'll say
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this butterfly is this it will tell you
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about all the bugs and stuff and
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summarize all of the bugs that came to
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your garden very adorable $300 on this
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to be like that's the invasive blank
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Beetle so it's just like 200 Lantern
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flies that's what you get in New Jersey
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it just be like you got nothing you got
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nothing you got one spider you got 150
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Lantern fles

Episode Highlights

  • Bird Buddy: The Smart Bird Feeder
    A bird feeder that identifies and captures photos of birds visiting your garden.
    “Oh, you've got a Mocking Jay today!”
    @ 00m 07s
    January 16, 2025
  • Garden Bug Recognition
    New cameras can identify bugs and summarize garden visitors, including invasive species.
    “It's just like 200 Lantern flies!”
    @ 00m 49s
    January 16, 2025

Episode Quotes

  • Oh, you've got a Mocking Jay today!
    A camera for bugs? 🐞
  • It's just like 200 Lantern flies!
    A camera for bugs? 🐞

Key Moments

  • Smart Cameras00:15
  • Bug Recognition00:32
  • Invasive Species00:43

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