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WE DID IT! At 10pm (PDT) on September 10, 2015, we reached our funding goal!! The lemurs are getting their smart feeders and we get to study how the predictability of enrichment af...
Liz wrote a short bio for us to get to know her:"Elizabeth Abram Besides working on cattle and horse ranches, goat and llama farms and boarding stables I have worked at 3 other zoos ...
Not only does our project promise to further enhance the lives of the lemurs at Oakland Zoo, it is also providing valuable research experience for two excellent undergraduates. Here's a little bit ...
If you are a backer or a returning visitor, welcome back!If you are a new visitor, welcome! We hope you will be as excited about our lemur smart feeders as we are when you learn more about them. Yo...
If you are a backer or a returning visitor, welcome back!If you are a new visitor, welcome! We hope you will be as excited about our lemur smart feeders as we are when you learn more about them. Yo...
Fig. 1: Primate taxonomyLemurs are primates, the order of mammals that also includes monkeys (like baboons), apes (like chimpanzees), and humans. Many people think lemurs don't look...
In Lab Note #1, we answered the question, "What is enrichment?" and in Lab Note #2, our video shows how an Arduino UNO board programmed by Arduino software will allow us to change the time of day t...
Want to learn more about the lemur smart feeder? This video explains how the smart feeder works and shows it in action! We will use the Arduino program to alter the...