In The Future Do You Think..........

[rasbull]

Do you think time will come when the birds have GPS trackers attached to each bird in the race so the owners can see exactly where their birds are on a race day? I know GEM have a GPRS tracking system that shows the route the bird has taken but you can only see when the bird comes home and you download the information.

I would love to be able to race a 350-400 mile race and see exactly where the birds are at any given moment. I am sure the technology will be available in the future, but the biggest question is the price of such a system! Who knows, but it would certainly make pigeon racing that more interesting that's for sure!

[bibendium]

I would imagine the technology is there for such, but as you say the cost might be a major factor, I for 1 would not like to know where my birds were on the race day as I think it would cut down on the excitement , however on the flip side would be interesting to find out where the lost ones go.

[JohnQuinn]

Do you think time will come when the birds have GPS trackers attached to each bird in the race so the owners can see exactly where their birds are on a race day? I know GEM have a GPRS tracking system that shows the route the bird has taken but you can only see when the bird comes home and you download the information.

I would love to be able to race a 350-400 mile race and see exactly where the birds are at any given moment. I am sure the technology will be available in the future, but the biggest question is the price of such a system! Who knows, but it would certainly make pigeon racing that more interesting that's for sure!

 

Wouldn't mind a slice of that either, but would it no be murder watchin your all pooler goin in the wrong direction :D

[rasbull]

For sure! But at least if you knew he was heading towards Mcdonalds 200 miles from home for a spot of lunch you could stop praying hours in advance! (Plus you could give him a good talking to that Mcdonalds are a no-no on race days!) :D :D

[blaz]

most bops hunt in their own territory.so if your bird got taken by a bop on say a training toss .the bop would take it to it,s nest or it,s favorite eating post . if you used this system you should be able to go to where the gprs is transmitting from. then you could

[Guest mick bowler]

In theory you could do it now, but i suppose it comes down to cost and the tracker would maybe hinder the birds speed. A real time tracker is what you need and not a logger. The smallest i have seen is about 65mm x 40mm x 20mm, but i'm sure they will be a lot smaller in years to come. Its a fact that the FBI have tracker chips so small they can fit in a pen, but obviously its a secret lol! Size is really determined by the energy consumption and therefore battery size to operate the unit.

[JohnQuinn]

In theory you could do it now, but i suppose it comes down to cost and the tracker would maybe hinder the birds speed. A real time tracker is what you need and not a logger. The smallest i have seen is about 65mm x 40mm x 20mm, but i'm sure they will be a lot smaller in years to come. Its a fact that the FBI have tracker chips so small they can fit in a pen, but obviously its a secret lol! Size is really determined by the energy consumption and therefore battery size to operate the unit.

 

Thats interesting, some watch batteris are less than a gram in weight and the chip weighs nothing, so it might no be as far off as we'd think

[sapper756]

Thats interesting, some watch batteris are less than a gram in weight and the chip weighs nothing, so it might no be as far off as we'd think http://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif

 

 

Poor wee doo, where would you shove the battery?http://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/sad.gifhttp://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/blink.gif

[Guest spin cycle]

In theory you could do it now, but i suppose it comes down to cost and the tracker would maybe hinder the birds speed. A real time tracker is what you need and not a logger. The smallest i have seen is about 65mm x 40mm x 20mm, but i'm sure they will be a lot smaller in years to come. Its a fact that the FBI have tracker chips so small they can fit in a pen, but obviously its a secret lol! Size is really determined by the energy consumption and therefore battery size to operate the unit.

 

i think you're certainly right about batteries being a limiting factor. in the future i think you could have sms from ets called straight to 'race hq' and velocities posted on net as it happens...think it may already be happening on continent