Uploaded January 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago

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On this episode, the balena IoT Happy Hour team will talk with Mithun Das, a balena developer from the community who built an amazing project, a Smart Bird Watcher with balenaFin, Edge Impulse, and Telegram managed with balena.io

This BalenaFin based Smart Bird Feeder classifies birds by chirps and face using Edge Impulse plus sends alerts to your phone via Telegram and live stream.

github.com/just4give/bird-watcher-fin


00:00 Welcome and introductions
02:18 Smart Bird Watcher introduction
04:04 What's on your desk?
17:14 balenaFin update
21:44 Smart Bird Watcher hardware
26:04 Smart Bird Watcher balena and edge impulse
34:50 Live demo with images
44:12 Live demo with tweets
49:32 Spanish smart birds' nest project
52:04 Helium project
58:30 Wrap-up
1:01:03 3D printing designs for enclosures