TGP
The Guinea-Pig Project
(Incomplete)
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UPDATE 2/9/2009:
Due to an unfortunate dog attack in early 2009, the below guinea pigs have not survived.
Psycho survived for a month or so afterwards and died of unknown causes.
In the last two months, the cage has been reinforced and we now have two new Guinea pigs.
Pictures will be up soon, but in the meantime - VIEW THE WEBCAM!!
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This latest project from Dranoweb is an interesting one, and this time we have some Guinea pigs.
Above: Psycho and his quirky way of sitting. |
In this project, we will be exploring some interesting aspects of technology and also the quirks of both animal and human psychology.
For those concerned, we will not be causing these animals any harm.
This project will take some time to become fully completed, as we have only acquired some of the materials needed.
Above: Psycho again.... |
The Concept:
Ideas are abundant here at Dranoweb, but many get discarded or stolen from us. This one required money and so no one saw sense in stealing it.
The plan is to outfit this newly constructed, all aluminum, guinea-pig cage with IR illuminated wireless cameras. We will then stream these images to the web on a real time basis. The times that this is available will depend on our local server's status, as we will be unable to stream live images when this is not running.
Above: The new cage - cameras yet to be added. |
We hope to be able to allow still frame capture but this may not eventuate as time is not in abundance for these projects. We will however create provisions for comments and discussions.
On regular occasions we may place objects in the cage in view of the camera in order to assess the guinea pig's behavior and response to the object. In addition to this we may keep a record of these observations here and we will also take some suggestions if appropriate.
Meet the Crew:
Psycho - The youngest and named from behavioral characteristics
Snowy - As named by our product testing dept.
Wendy - As named by admin