Trying to get dimensions from a .stl file

[evansd2]

Not exactly the answer to your main question but birdbuddy has come up before:

Nest Cam Footage

I discovered a wren nest in a box of junk in our garage yesterday, and was able to slip in a motion-activated camera while the parents were away. Here’s a compilation of the footage from day one, for anyone else who enjoys such things: [Carolina Wrens Nesting in Our Garage]

Nonlaser things that I think GFers will find interesting

Bird Buddy has finally shipped their product 2 years after their Kickstarter. It’s a video bird feeder that sends you digital postcards from the birds that visit your feeder, with AI identification of the species, and pictures and video. They remind me very much of Glowforge in the early days. Really cool product idea (that a bunch of companies tried to clone before they could ship) that they seemingly took forever to deliver on, but a truly delightful new user experience that made up for it, …