Great idea, smart kid. I hope he gets the rights to it, he could pay his way through college with that idea I bet.
Posted on 01/23/2009 11:47:02 AM PST by Abathar
Eighth grader Charlie Sobcov wants to stop birds from dying in collisions with windows, but he doesn't want to ruin anybody's view.
For his latest school science fair project he has invented painted, plastic decals that can be placed — discreetly — right in the middle of a window pane.
"This paint is a colour that birds can see but humans can't," he said Wednesday on CBC Radio's All in a Day. "It's like putting a big stop sign in the middle of the window."
The colour is ultraviolet, beyond the range of colours visible to humans. That means the "stop sign" lets birds know the window is solid, but is nearly invisible to humans.
Similar flying falcon-shaped decals already exist on the windows of some buildings, but unlike Sobcov's, they are black and can obstruct part of the window.
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Great idea, smart kid. I hope he gets the rights to it, he could pay his way through college with that idea I bet.
He'll be able to retire on it if it really works.
Kudos to him!!
That is a cool idea. Maybe they could put some of these stickers on jet engines? (mostly j/k) :-)
Awesome!!!! Great to see the spirit of invention in America!
Got that right!
My house is almost all windows facing west up the White Oak Valley in Southern Ohio. We routinely hear the ‘thump,thud’ of birds hitting them, and then falling dead or at the very least stunned, onto our deck.
While my dogs seem to enjoy it...I get tired of the feathers and such on said deck, in my living room, on my dogs.
If this stuff works, sign me up for five gallons please.
I need one for my patio door. Seems like a bird crashes into the glass once a week.
Clever kid!
You know, if Obama had gone into inventing, he might have come up with this invention — only his decals would have been simple clear plastic that neither birds nor humans could see. But his marketing campaign would have promised safer windows for all. Until some little boy came along and pointed about that the One had no real product.
Wow!
Soon to be rich kid.
Wow - how much stale bread does it take to get geese to sit still long enough to put a turban on?
Pretty freaking cool.
If he markets this right, he won't need to waste his time with college.
I noticed that after I posted. I always think Ottawah, KS. :)
hey Fawn, check this out. You freak out about a few dead birds and the tenuous link to pesticides, you should love this idea.
There’s an Ottawa, Illinois.
How does one know what he’s invented if one can’t see it.
;o)
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