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Saturday, December 11, 2010

Using a chicken as a steadicam - Hack a Day

Using a chicken as a steadicam

posted Dec 11th 2010 8:40am by Caleb Kraft
filed under: digital cameras hacks

This has been circulating around the net for a bit. For those that haven’t seen it, let me just give you a quick rundown of what is happening. This guy strapped a camera to a chicken’s head. No really, that’s it. There’s some interesting science behind it though. He’s taking advantage of the Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex in the chicken.  It is basically the reflex that we use to keep our eyes firmly focused on something while our head is moving. In a chicken however, they move their entire head. This means that he can strap a camera to the chicken’s head and have an instant steadicam. At least that is the theory. As you can see in the video after the break, the harder part is getting the chicken to look at what you want it to look at. We also found a conversation about it with the creator,[MrPennywhistle] in some reddit comments.

Video...

http://hackaday.com/2010/12/11/using-a-chicken-as-a-steadicam/

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