<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>NYC Considering Robohawk to fight pigeons : RSS 2.0</title><link>http://www.plime.com/technology/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><webMaster>plime.com</webMaster><copyright>2008, plime.com.</copyright><lastBuildDate></lastBuildDate><pubDate></pubDate><generator>Plime/1</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><image><title>NYC Considering Robohawk to fight pigeons : RSS 2.0</title><url>http://www.plime.com/images/logo.gif</url><link>http://www.plime.com/technology/</link></image><item><title><![CDATA[NYC Considering Robohawk to fight pigeons]]></title><description><![CDATA[Will the Big Apple spring big $$$ to fight rats with wings? Liverpool, England started their robot hawk program last year. <br/><br/>More on the <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://gothamist.com/2008/05/16/robotic_hawk.php" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">&quot;pigeon czar&quot; proposal.</a><br/><br/>(I thought I read a similar article on plime recently, but can't find it. Or, I imagined I did)]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/62188/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/62188/1/</guid><category>technology</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' width='100%' style='padding-top:5px;margin-bottom:0px;' class='trh'><tr valign='bottom'><td><table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0'><tr valign='bottom'><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabs lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-comments'><a href='/technology/l/62188/1/' class='plime2 td mn'>comments (5)</a></td><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabd lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-related'><a href='/technology/l/62188-related/1/' class='plime td mn'>related</a></td><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabd lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-share'><a href='/technology/l/62188-share/1/' class='plime td mn'>share</a></td><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabd lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-history'><a href='/technology/l/62188-history/1/' class='plime td mn'>edit history (0)</a></td></tr></table></td><td class='minitabspc' style='width:100%' valign='middle'><table width='100%'><tr class='regular'><td align='right'> <a onclick='return false' class='page-dull td'>&lt;</a><span> <b><a class='page-selected td' href='/technology/l/62188/1/'>1</a></b> <a onclick='return false' class='page-dull td'>&gt;</a></span></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><item><title><![CDATA[wildgrits @ 5/19/2008 2:39:21 AM]]></title><description><![CDATA[I thought we where using Peregrine Falcons?]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/62188/1/rss2_0.rss#q6</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/62188/1/rss2_0.rss#q6</guid><category>technology</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[suebe @ 5/18/2008 8:54:09 AM]]></title><description><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/technology/l/62188/1/#q2"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>Marli</b> : Wouldn't it be cheaper and more effective to use *actual* hawks?</i></div>Ah, live hawks. Yes, NYC does or was using live hawks to hunt down rats and pigeons in Bryant Park. One of them caught a small dog, though and was suspended from the program. The dog was fine. I posted the story on plime, but alas, it has turned into digital debris.<br/><br/>Here's an <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.wnbc.com/news/2384499/detail.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">older story.</a>]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/62188/1/rss2_0.rss#q5</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/62188/1/rss2_0.rss#q5</guid><category>technology</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[DoggySpew @ 5/18/2008 5:50:54 AM]]></title><description><![CDATA[&quot;You're coming with me, creep&quot;<br/><br/>&quot;Cooh ? &quot;]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/62188/1/rss2_0.rss#q4</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/62188/1/rss2_0.rss#q4</guid><category>technology</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[jago @ 5/18/2008 12:08:05 AM]]></title><description><![CDATA[And what happens when the robot hawks scare away all the pigeons? They work their way up the food chain, that's what happens. <br/><br/>And then it's only a matter of time before we're fending-off air-borne robotic carnivores whose sole directive is to eliminate any other warm-blooded target.<br/><br/>And then the manufacturers of steel-reinforced umbrellas see their stock prices go through the roof.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/62188/1/rss2_0.rss#q3</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/62188/1/rss2_0.rss#q3</guid><category>technology</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Marli @ 5/17/2008 9:54:16 PM]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wouldn't it be cheaper and more effective to use *actual* hawks?]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/62188/1/rss2_0.rss#q2</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/62188/1/rss2_0.rss#q2</guid><category>technology</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item></channel></rss>