pigeon bloggers

Or, as I like to call it, the union of the the arts and sciences:

This summer, watch as a flock of pigeons takes to the skies wearing tiny backpacks. These birds are the first iteration of pigeon bloggers, set loose with GPS receivers, air pollution sensors and a basic cellphone. They have been given the task of measuring the levels of air pollutants and their tools allow them to beam back the results to a real time blog.

The pigeons will be released August 5, and you can track their progress on the web with interactive maps and regularly updated air quality reports. This project was dreamed up by an artist AND researcher, Beatriz da Costa. (Full Story)