[arandomJohn]

I attended the talk. It was pretty cool, especially the OpenCV part. Frankly I think he needs to upgrade the armaments. Hook that bad boy up to the hose with a nozzle.

Frankly, if you wanted to, you could hook such a system up to an automated sprinkler control system and just turn on the water for whatever area the squirrels happen to be in at the moment. It would only have to be on for a few moments. Soon they'd think your yard is some sort of special hell, where water follows them wherever they go.

[kayz]

I was there too :) It was such a fun talk, especially the part where in the end of the demo video, the squirrel stopped caring about the water cannon anymore, and decided to steal food while getting sprayed on. I wonder if there is a better way to deter them instead of bigger water cannons?

[elviejo]

Well the arms race can begin... more potent water pistol. Then nerf dart gun... then golf balls gun... then gotcha gun... (at this point gets dangerous)

[culturestate]

You'd have to keep the sprinkler system constantly pressurized, though. I've never seen one that can do that - they all take x seconds to really get going.