Bird beats Internet. Or does it? It hasn't been tested since 2009!
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Thanks especially to the following for helping film this video:
- @TechnoTim
- @Level1Techs
- @CraftComputing
- @45Drives
Contents:
00:00 - Never underestimate bandwidth
01:22 - South Africa, 2009
01:45 - Homing Pigeon 101
03:09 - Time To Transfer
03:59 - Flight!
04:58 - Pigeon transfer speed
05:34 - I am become pigeon, transferer of data
07:17 - Flight to Canada
08:14 - Results
08:46 - Pigeon Data Transfer Equation
09:29 - Risks and problems - IPoAC