While the advancements and technological discoveries humans make may seem useful to us, they often impact other animals or elements in our world very differently. We typically only acknowledge our own needs and design solutions for those, without realizing what affect it may have elsewhere. One example of this are the high numbers of bird deaths every year caused by man-made glass. This has resulted in bird deaths being one of the highest causes of aviation mortality every year.
As the paper states, “With the understanding that birds are able to see light in the ultraviolet spectrum, bird-friendly glass innovator, ARNOLD GLAS developed ORNILUX Bird Protection Glass. The glass has a patterned, UV reflective coating making it visible to birds while remaining virtually transparent to the human eye.”
ORNILUX is a new innovation that protects both humans and birds, while maintaining the necessary use cases for glass.
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