Ngo-Okthoba 24, i-Apple ivule i-Apple Store entsha eChicago, i-Apple Store entsha efuna ukuba ngesinye sezitolo ze-Apple ezinenkampani emhlabeni wonke. Futhi lo mklamo wenziwa isitudiyo sezakhiwo sikaNorman Foster, njenge-Apple Park futhi iningi lama-Apple Stores akamuva i-Apple eliwavule emhlabeni wonke.
Njengoba singafunda kuChicago Tribune, i-Apple inenkinga enkulu ngezinyoni ezisendaweni, kusukela lapho zihlala zishayisa izingilazi ezinkulu zengilazi etholakala endaweni engaphezulu koMfula iMichigan. I-Apple isebenza ukuthola isisombululo senkinga, isisombululo okwamanje okubandakanya ukunciphisa ukuqina kwamalambu lapho isitolo sivaliwe
Isitudiyo sezakhiwo sikaNorman Foster siyakuqinisekisa lokho wabheka ukuthi kungenzeka into efanayo, kodwa kubonakala sengathi ekugcineni abathathanga zinyathelo uma kwenzeka kwenzeka ekugcineni. Le nkinga ivame ezakhiweni lapho ingilazi iyingxenye ebalulekile yayo. Ukuvimbela izinyoni ekuzameni ukungena zigcine ngokuzibulala ngengilazi, kufakwa uhlelo lwe-ultrasound oluzigcina lungekho kude ngaso sonke isikhathi.
Okwamanje i-Apple izokhetha ukunciphisa amandla wezibani lapho i-Apple Store ivaliwe, okungenani kuze kube sekupheleni komsebenzi wokufuduka. Ngemuva kwalokho, abakukhiphi ukuthatha ezinye izinyathelo uma inkinga ihlala ingaxazululiwe. AmaChicago Bird Collision Monitors, ozwakalise ukukhala kwe-alamu, yiprojekthi yokulondolozwa kokuzithandela ngokuphelele ezinikezelwe ukuvikela izinyoni ezifudukayo ngokusindisa, ukukhuthaza kanye nokufinyelela. Le phrojekthi ibambisana nabaphathi bezokwakha, abaklami bezakhiwo, abaklami kanye nomphakathi ekuvikeleni ukushayisana kwezinyoni.