This mechanical bird drops dead when your home’s air quality worsens

When air quality drops the bird simulates fainting and death by succumbing to gravity and hanging upside down. | Image: Birdie. The original Birdie debuted in 2022 with a morbid-but-fun design - an air-quality monitor with a literal canary in a coal mine. When the CO2 in your home hit a certain level, a mechanical bird mounted on your wall would appear to drop dead, then prompt you to open a window to air things out. Once the air quality improved, the bird miraculously came back to life. The new Birdie Pro carries forward that same design and approach, but adds additional sensors providing a more comprehensive analysis of the environment in your home. Birdie Pro is now available through a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign and can be preordered with a discount that b … Read the full story at The Verge.