Grant Ryan 27/02/2025 Grant Ryan 27/02/2025

Latest testing of our AI triggered trap

Grant Ryan 16/12/2024 Grant Ryan 16/12/2024

Multiple uses of High Interaction Rate Trap (HIRT)

Grant Ryan 08/08/2024 Grant Ryan 08/08/2024

Accurate, easy, consistent, low cost predator monitoring.

Grant Ryan 21/05/2024 Grant Ryan 21/05/2024

The multiple uses of the new Doc AI cam

This new camera is the most sensitive and easy way to monitor both predators birds. AI and data connectivity mean your know instantly what is going on and there are also lots of other ways it can help with conservation like acting as an AI trigger for traps, intelligent lures etc. It is less than half the cost and lasts 3 times longer than previous versions.

Matthew Hellicar 22/07/2023 Matthew Hellicar 22/07/2023

Tools to Market Announcement: DOC funds two Cacophony projects

We are proud to announce that, as part of the latest Tools To Market investments, DOC are now providing funding for two of our projects; the first to deliver a new version of our thermal camera, and the second to deliver a number of improvements to our monitoring platform, including adding support for trailcams.

Matthew Hellicar 28/11/2022 Matthew Hellicar 28/11/2022

Securing the ends of predator proof fences

Around New Zealand, a number of highly dedicated people have spent some of their precious funds to install predator-proof fences to protect sanctuaries. Fences leak, predators often finding ways to get around the ends of the fence. Today we share some very pleasing updates from Mamaku Point on Rakiura.

Matthew Hellicar 05/09/2022 Matthew Hellicar 05/09/2022

First crack at a digital trigger

One of the most important components in our set of tools is a digital trigger. We define a digital trigger as using a camera to decide when to activate a trap rather than using a trip plate or motion sensor. Such a trigger would allow trap designers (including us) to design open trap entrances without having to worry about the risk of harming our precious taonga. So we've been working on just such a trigger and today we'd like to share some of our findings with you.

Matthew Hellicar 30/08/2022 Matthew Hellicar 30/08/2022

Total Cost of Ownership: Trailcams vs cognified Thermal Cams

Conservation projects need to make hard decisions based on the cost of deployments and the cost of a camera network can be considerable. As with any technology purchase, it can be misleading to consider only the initial purchase cost of the device - there are a number of factors that influence the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of your camera setup. We've worked with DOC to look into what the true TCO of a camera set up is.

Matthew Hellicar 04/07/2022 Matthew Hellicar 04/07/2022

How accurate is Artificial Intelligence for predator recognition?

One of the most common questions we get asked is how accurate our Artificial Intelligence(AI) solution for predator identification is.

William Georgeson 21/06/2022 William Georgeson 21/06/2022

Predator Free 2050 Ltd fund further development of our trap

We are proud to be part of the latest round of funding from Predator Free 2050 Ltd. The funding will allow us to take the trap to the next level with the development of an auto-reset mechanism, an intelligent trigger to keep our taonga safe, and an automated kill and clear mechanism.

William Georgeson 12/06/2022 William Georgeson 12/06/2022

Cacophony trap showing ten times (10x) higher catch rate

We've had our trap out in the field and, over a sustained period, the trap has shown a catch rate 10x higher than traditional traps.

We report on results of a trap deployment from September 2021 through to March 2022.

William Georgeson 10/02/2022 William Georgeson 10/02/2022

Thermal Camera: What can it do for you today?

2021 was a very productive year for us here. So we thought it was time for a recap of our products and an overview of what the products can do for you. Today we focus on our Thermal Camera.

William Georgeson 26/01/2022 William Georgeson 26/01/2022

Elimination vs Suppression. How does Covid-19 compare to NZ’s predator elimination projects?

For Covid, NZ was applying an elimination strategy that acknowledges there will still be cases but they can be controlled. With predators, NZ has great success with elimination on islands and in fenced sanctuaries. There are now numerous projects attempting elimination on the mainland. An analogy with Covid is useful as it helps understand the key tools needed for an elimination strategy.

William Georgeson 02/12/2021 William Georgeson 02/12/2021

Trawling for predators? Predator Trawling vs Line Catching

If you have read any of our previous work you know just how many predators walk past baited traps. We suspect there is no combination of great baits/traps that will ever make it possible to catch every last predator. Just as you would not be able to catch ALL the fish in an area with just line fishing. We may need something of a more industrial scale to achieve total predator elimination.