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Tracking the Journey: How to Monitor Wild Salmon Migrations

Fri, 30 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

In this post, we will dive into the development of a wild salmon monitoring system, currently deployed at 8 sites in British Columbia.

We must take every step in our control now as climate-change related trends will make things more difficult for salmon populations in the years ahead. This demands urgency for Pacific salmon and for the 130+ species, including grizzlies, orcas and eagles, that depend on Pacific salmon.

– Pacific Salmon Foundation

Protecting the Forest: Building an early forest fire detector

Wed, 21 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

In this post, we’ll walk through the development of an early forest fire detection system, built in collaboration with the NGO Pyronear.

Our detectors communicate fire alerts to a database that is connected to a supervision platform for the fire department.

– Pyronear

Pyronear takes a whole-system approach to fire risk. At its core is an early wildfire detection algorithm that runs on a compact microcomputer, fed by a network of high-resolution cameras mounted at high vantage points for panoramic coverage of the forest. Together they form a proactive line of defense against wildfires.

How to build a real time bear detection system

Tue, 09 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

In this post, we’ll walk through the development of a real-time bear detection system, built with the NGO HackThePlanet to safeguard Romanian farms by deterring bears.

Implementing non-invasive methods to deter bears from approaching farms and livestock holds promise in fostering harmonious relations between humans and bears.

For the full picture, here is the bear deterrence pipeline — tap through for the project:

Watch → detect the bear on-device → trigger → deter it from the farm