Could A.I. Prevent Car vs. Deer Collisions For Minnesotans?

Deer are stupid. Like, REALLY stupid. Can we agree on that? No, we can't. Hopefully, we can at least agree that deer going through your windshield is a bad thing. I've never had a deer go through my windshield, but they've managed to run into the side of my car and poop down the side of it. At least in northern Minnesota, hitting a deer is a right-of-passage for new drivers.

A couple of teens from Virginia (the state, not the Minnesota city) are working on teaming up with our future overlord to steer deer away from our bumpers.

Virginia Teens Receive a $15,000 Grant To Use A.I. To Prevent Deer vs Car Crashes

Years ago, we were sold "ultrasonic devices" to put on our bumpers that allegedly warned critters of impending doom should they continue to huff asphalt. Deer eventually got used to the sound emitted by the devices, and went back to keeping body shops in business.

Anmol Karan and Shaurya Jain are the fellas who received a $15,000 grant from the Animal Welfare Institute. Their device incorporates Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) to combine ultrasonic pulses with animal and/or human noises to tell deer to GO ON AN' GIT.

Anmol's uncle was injured in a deer-vehicle collision, so it's personal.

As a former vehicular Bambi slayer, it's also personal for me.