{"667923":{"#nid":"667923","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Zoo\u2019s bird-feeder-like device encourages gorillas to forage for snacks","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA team of mechanical engineering students and alumni at Georgia Tech began developing and testing ForageFeeder, a $400 machine partly inspired by deer feeders that can disperse gorillas\u2019 their meals at random intervals and locations throughout the day.\u0026nbsp;Much like modern humans, zoo animals frequently\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/2008\/dec\/12\/elephants-animal-welfare\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Edeal with obesity\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;due to a lack of activity. Tools and techniques such as the ForageFeeder not only promote Zoo Atlanta gorillas\u2019 movement, but better simulate their natural foraging world. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hu.gatech.edu\/about\/\u0022\u003EDavid Hu\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?client=safari\u0026amp;rls=en\u0026amp;q=school+of+physics+gatech\u0026amp;ie=UTF-8\u0026amp;oe=UTF-8\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E, was faculty advisor for this project. (Read more about the story \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/engineering-new-way-feed-gorillas\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA team of mechanical engineering students and alumni at Georgia Tech began developing and testing ForageFeeder, a $400 machine partly inspired by deer feeders that can disperse gorillas\u2019 their meals at random intervals and locations throughout the day.\u0026nbsp;Much like modern humans, zoo animals frequently\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/2008\/dec\/12\/elephants-animal-welfare\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Edeal with obesity\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;due to a lack of activity. Tools and techniques such as the ForageFeeder not only promote Zoo Atlanta gorillas\u2019 movement, but better simulate their natural foraging world. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hu.gatech.edu\/about\/\u0022\u003EDavid Hu\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?client=safari\u0026amp;rls=en\u0026amp;q=school+of+physics+gatech\u0026amp;ie=UTF-8\u0026amp;oe=UTF-8\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E, was faculty advisor for this project. (Read more about the story \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/engineering-new-way-feed-gorillas\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-05-30 14:31:57","changed_gmt":"2023-05-30 14:31:57","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Popular Science ","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.popsci.com\/technology\/forage-feeder-gorillas\/","dateline":{"date":"2023-05-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-05-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"166937","name":"School of Physics"},{"id":"297","name":"David Hu"},{"id":"9559","name":"gorillas"},{"id":"192691","name":"zoos"},{"id":"146771","name":"feeding"},{"id":"121151","name":"foraging"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}