{"667763":{"#nid":"667763","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Engineering A New Way to Feed Gorillas","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA team of Georgia Tech researchers has built an automatic feeding machine for gorillas at Zoo Atlanta that allows the primates to more naturally forage for food. Their ForageFeeder replaces the zoo\u2019s previous feeding protocols, which had staff deliver food to the habitat at set times and locations.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWith the new machine, feeding times can be set for different intervals every day. This encourages the gorillas\u2019 natural feeding behavior, giving them additional random foraging opportunities throughout the day.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This is a great example of how technology can positively influence animal welfare,\u0022 says David Hu, Faculty Advisor of the project. \u0022Zoo Atlanta is a local, nonprofit institution, and it was great to see Georgia Tech students learning by doing. Technology has been improving human lives for years, and now it\u2019s the gorillas\u2019 turn.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/engineering-new-way-feed-gorillas\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERead the full story on the College of Engineering\u0027s website. \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Students build automatic feeding machine to help Zoo Atlanta gorillas with natural feeding behaviors"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA team of Georgia Tech researchers has built an automatic feeding machine for gorillas at Zoo Atlanta that allows the primates to more naturally forage for food. Their ForageFeeder replaces the zoo\u2019s previous feeding protocols, which had staff deliver food to the habitat at set times and locations.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A team of Georgia Tech researchers has built an automatic feeding machine for gorillas at Zoo Atlanta that allows the primates to more naturally forage for food. "}],"uid":"34528","created_gmt":"2023-05-15 20:19:16","changed_gmt":"2023-05-22 18:07:18","author":"jhunt7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-05-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-05-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"670802":{"id":"670802","type":"image","title":"Photo credit: Adam Thompson, Zoo ATL","body":null,"created":"1684182024","gmt_created":"2023-05-15 20:20:24","changed":"1684182024","gmt_changed":"2023-05-15 20:20:24","alt":"Photo credit: Adam Thompson, Zoo ATL","file":{"fid":"253733","name":"gorilla_ZA_2T0A0295_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/05\/15\/gorilla_ZA_2T0A0295_0_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/05\/15\/gorilla_ZA_2T0A0295_0_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":617220,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/05\/15\/gorilla_ZA_2T0A0295_0_0.jpg?itok=5ZYrMeBw"}}},"media_ids":["670802"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"192253","name":"cos-neuro"},{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJason Maderer\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCollege of Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["maderer@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}