Trap development update
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.
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The Sounds of Innovation
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.
Our masters intern publishes excellent project report
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.
Improvements go live
Our delivery partner at 2040.co.nz has just announced a number of improvements that are now going live.
Our camera finds invading stoat within two nights
Proud moment for us here at the project as we see our camera spotting the invader at Shakespear National Park.
More AI improvements
A group from Auckland University has been training AI models using our thermal video library.
A protocol for monitoring with Thermal Cameras
In the area of monitoring, we suspect that Cacophony’s thermal cameras have the potential to deliver three keys benefits:
- A substantial reduction in the effort required to monitor a reserve
- A substantial increase in the amount of data produced from monitoring efforts
- A substantial increase in the quality of data produced from monitoring efforts
Predator Free 2050 Ltd fund our trap development
The Cacophony Project is pleased to confirm our agreement with Predator Free 2050 to fund the development of our Blind-Snap Model A Trap.
We're hiring. Any awesome QA Engineers out there?
As you may have noted from our recent blog entries life is getting busy for us here at The Cacophony Project. And you know we love building solutions right? So, we've been building really quite a lot of software recently and we need some help making sure it makes it out of t
The news is spreading...
Regular readers of this blog will have noted our recent pivot in focus. Our team are busy working on our thermal screening device and the devices are already out at Beta testing sites helping employers keep their staff safe. We're pleased to share how the media have been taking notice of our efforts. And a look ahead to how we see our solution fitting in with some of the innovations that are being designed to help keep New Zealand safe from further outbreaks.