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Basic SEO and Analytics. A home for links and notes that may be useful…. What do you do with interesting, useful things that you find or write that you want to keep track of and don’t want to lose? Start a blog, of course. More information about me here. Posted September 17, 2010 by johnfultonorg. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out.

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The Parrot Keyboard: Capstone Presentation, Page 3

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What I planned to do. Now why, you might ask, in a computer science capstone presentation, have I just talked for 2 minutes about parrots? The idea that I had was to develop a hardware and software package that would provide the mechanism for my parrots to be able to interact with a computer outside of the cage. In short, I wanted to develop a parrot keyboard. Computer monitor outside parrot’s cage. What work has been done in the past? From http:/ www.dartmouth.edu/ aeubanks/zoodolph2.JPG. Irene Pepperbe...

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The Parrot Keyboard: Capstone Presentation, Page 7

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It’s difficult to think like a parrot, even with practice. Sometime you have to guess and sometime you guess wrong. But on many things I guessed right, and the parrot is. Using the keyboard and increasing the number of keys pressed and the number of different keys pressed. I am also observing increased vocalizations of the sounds presented as a part of the program material. Building prototypes is extraordinarily valuable. You do not know what you’re going to learn until you actually do it. In addition to...

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The Parrot Keyboard: Index page

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This whole thing came about as a result of my getting a Master's degree in computer science. I needed a subject for my capstone project, and had a sudden inspiration: Make a keyboard that would allow the parrots to interact with a computer. He wants to know. Mmmm. Good treat! I looked on this project as a means to an end: obtaining a computer science degree by creating a research tool. And, no doubt, the keyboard and software will be extremely useful to that part of the academic community interested ...

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The Parrot Keyboard: Mith & his keyboard

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Mith and his keyboard. Mith has now had his keyboard for about three months, and I have had friends with parrots ask a number of questions about Mith and his keyboard. Does he use it? Yes, frequently throughout the day. The keyboard program keeps track of which keys he hits, how often, and when, so we can get a good idea of his use of it throughout the day. He never seems to tire of it, perhaps because we can change it frequently. What happens when Mith presses a key? Can we make a keyboard for your bird?

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The Parrot Keyboard: Capstone Presentation, Page 4

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Note: The next couple of pages contain a lot of technical material—examples of computer code, diagrams, etc. Click here. If you'd rather skip all that. In June of last year, I sketched a simple design for a 5-key keyboard that could stand up to the demands of the parrot world and would be simple to build. The keys consisted of rods that would extend through the bars of the parrot cage and would be activated by the bird pressing or pulling on them. Three Classes of Keyboard Challenges. This electrical pro...

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The Parrot Keyboard: Capstone Presentation, Page 5

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Class 3: from the bird’s point of view. I’ve tried to make design choices based on (what I understand of) the parrot’s point of view. Rather than taking my evolution and prejudice as a starting point, I’ve tried to think about how the parrot would look at the keyboard. I deliberately did not enclose the finished keyboard because I wanted it to be open (without anything for a predator to lurk behind). All surfaces exposed to the parrots are Lexan or stainless steel, bird-safe materials. In summary, I trie...

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The Parrot Keyboard: About Mith

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Mithrander was bred and hatched in Texas. He and Diane Fulton fell in love at first sight at Kookaburra Pet Store in Dallas, and he went home with her as soon as he was weaned. Diane named him Mithrander, which means Gray Pilgrim, and was the name the Elves used for Gandalf in. The Lord of the Rings. Do you have water? Said when his or another bird's water bottle is nearly empty). What a pretty bird you are! Yes, you are! Said to other family members). Come to me, come to me? Get in your crate! Mith is q...

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Personal Assistance with Technology since 2002. You can spend $200 and have a new domain name and a simple website up and running in a few days. You can spend more and have fabulous interactive graphics, online shopping, and accept credit cards. You could spend months getting it up and running. I can and have done both. Most people need the former rather than the latter. I can help you understand what your options are and guide you through the process. Or I can do the work for you.