Have you ever thought of running your BH with a fully automatic mode?
You might have heard about Intelligent House where people live in but for a Birdhouse?
Hmm .......
I believed you will think that I am crazy to even talk about it.
"Harry is out of his mind. Too much of those traveling and entering those Aroma laced houses make him koo koo."
I might be but this was one of those exciting gadget that was put on a display during our late evening barbecue in Pontianak, Indonesia.
The whole idea is to run your BH by using a computer system that is attached with all those sensors that can be controlled manually or by your mobile phone.
I was quite stunned with the idea but after listening and watching the demonstration, I believed that this might be something that might be a norm in all BHs.
There are many applications that you can run by using this intelligent software. Some of these are:
* Sound System.
Normal BH can only run on semi automatic. Your sound can only run at a fix volume the whole day. By using this automatic server, you can change the volume at any prescribed time that you like and what song you want to play.
How above playing different sound at different time of the day? Say during the day time U play those colony sound. In the evening the colony and baby sound and late at night those mating sound mixed with those baby sound are being played?
You may also want to incorporate the ultrasonic sound? This will be useful if your BH is closed to school, churches, mosque or public places.
You can check using your mobile phone what song are being played at any time of the day and those sound levels.
* Intruders.
This might be one of the most useful. You can connect sensor movements where if the movements are consistent and indicate intrusion, you will get a mobile elert. If it is well designed the location or zone where the intruders are operating can be precisely determined. I guess you can elert the police to catch those culprit.
* Humidity and Temperature control.
The monitoring of both the Temperature and Humidity will be more accurate. You can install as many sensors on all those strategic locations and monitor each and every part online basis. You can then activate your water spray based on these readings.
External Light.
The external light are essential in both keeping the BH complex safe and also those lights can also be used by the birds are becon especially when they return home late due to long distance food sourcing during dry seasons.
Using computerise system will ensure that these lightings are optimised to ensure that those birds will come to the right house and at the same time reduce electrical consumption.
* All Those Digital Timers.
You can eliminate all those digital timers once and for all. Each item in your BH can be activated precisely using a set timer on the computer. Those gadget like aroma spray, humidifiers, sound and bazookas can be activated automatically.
* What About Bird count?
This might be something to look at. The designer have not give his thought about it yet. The idea is to have two sensors that will add and subtract the number of birds that enter and leaving the entrance hole. If this can be incorporated then it will become one of the most important tool to all BHs.
Entrance Hole Gate.
Something that are common in keeping the birdhouse save from intruders. The idea is to open the window say at 5 in the morning and closed at say 9 in the everning. The server will sent the signal to shut those holes and only open in early morning.
Electrical Protection
I saw this big alarm above a BH in Batu Pahat. The owner placed a large sign board saying that his BH is protected by electrical wires and are alive only at night. The timing to have these wire on live can be determined by the imput given to the server.
Wonderful idea where your electricity will be on at say midnight till dawn when the house is most dangerous to those busgulars. The moment they climb those walls and touch the wired areas they will be electricuted.
Exhaust Fan Timing.
One way to keep your BH alway cool is to run the fan at a specific time of the night. Just imagine that your blower will blow say for about 30 minutes once the outside temperature is at 24*C. It suck the air outside and bring them into the house replenishing oxygen content of the air??? You place a temperature sensor outside the house and connect it to the server. Once the temperature reached the required range it will automatically run those fans.
Insect Cabin Activation.
If you accommodate an insect generating cabin just beside the BH closed to the entrace hole, can you think of how to operate those blowers to push the insect from the cabin at a precise time of the day. Just imagine the time is above 6 pm and the birds are coming back. The moment the time click 6pm the blower starts to function. First the air to the entrance hole and later to the roving areas.
Just imagine the attraction of those birds outside rushing in to enjoy the last day feeding before going to sleep? By the time they enter and play chasing with the insect it will be too late to go home. They will surely stay in your house as compare to your neighbors.
Well I was very impressed with the idea and so far no one have come out with such an idea.
The cost was said to be in the range of Rp 19,000,000 to Rp35,000,000.. The cost varies dependence on the various sensors that are required to be supplied and hook on.
Item was developed in Pontianak. For more details kindly contact Harry at 017 755 1318
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