Hummingbird Automations improves efficiency for compliance professionals

Hummingbird launched Automations, a new product for boosting compliance productivity, reducing risk, and lowering costs. Automations provides compliance teams at financial institutions with an easy-to-use, visual automation builder, allowing them to au… Continue reading Hummingbird Automations improves efficiency for compliance professionals

Robot Hummingbird Imitates Nature

Purdue’s Bio-Robotics lab has been working on a robotic hummingbird and, as you can see in the videos below, have had a lot of success. What’s more, is they’ve shared that success on GitHub. If you want to make a flapping-winged robot, this is definitely where you start.

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Hummingbirds, 3D Printing, and Deep Learning

Setting camera traps in your garden to see what local wildlife is around is quite popular. But [Chris Lam] has just one subject in mind: the hummingbird. He devised a custom setup to capture the footage he wanted using some neat tech.

To attract the hummingbirds, [Chris] used an off-the-shelf feeder — no need to re-invent the wheel there. To obtain the closeup footage required, a 4K action cam was used. This was attached to the feeder with a 3D-printed mount that [Chris] designed.

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