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Great to see Predator Free 2050 Ltd investing in bringing innovation to the market:  https://pf2050.co.nz/news/kiwi-ingenuity-developing-world-leading-predat...

New software updates to our online portal and our Sidekick app.

Our high catch rate trap has now been out in the wild in a few areas so it's time to give you a brief update. We've identified some key next steps in the trap's development. 

The Cacophony Project exists to put better tools in the hands of everyone engaged in the battle to make Aotearoa Predator Free.  So when we hear DOC's Program Manager for Predator Free 2050 excited about our tools having the possibility to "really change the game", it helps confirm our belief that we're on the right journey.

For a period a 3 months last year we had the pleasure of having Sapphire Hampshire join the project as an intern.  Saphy was a Master's student in International Nature Conservation at Lincoln University, from Georg-August-Universität in Göttingen.

 

Our delivery partner at 2040.co.nz has just announced a number of improvements that are now going live.

Proud moment for us here at the project as we see our camera spotting the invader at Shakespear National Park. 

A group from Auckland University has been training AI models using our thermal video library.

 

In the area of monitoring, we suspect that Cacophony’s thermal cameras have the potential to deliver three keys benefits:

1. A substantial reduction in the effort required to monitor a reserve
2. A substantial increase in the amount of data produced from monitoring efforts
3. A substantial increase in the quality of data produced from monitoring efforts

But those are just assumptions, and they need challenging.  So a field experiment was born.  And today we share some of the results.

The Cacophony Project is pleased to confirm our agreement with Predator Free 2050 to fund the development of our Blind-Snap Model A Trap.