We’re developing the next generation of predator management and monitoring tools to help our native birds thrive
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MONITORING HARDWARE
Thermal Camera
The most sensitive predator camera in New Zealand, and potentially in the world.
A thermal sensor, automated uploads, AI classification, and real-time notifications. Existing trail cameras are designed for larger animals like pigs and deer. Our DOC AI cam is specifically designed for fast moving small animals like mice, rats, weasels, stoats. Typically you will see 10+ times more rodents, 3+ times more possums and feral cats. The AI classification means you no longer need to sit through hours of videos or photos but you can immediately get a report of what is out there and how it is changing over time.
TRAPPING HARDWARE
High Interaction Rate Trap
A more effective trap at catching everything,
including the last hard to catch ones.
Watching tens of thousands of videos of predators interacting with old style traps convinced us incremental improvements to these will not make much difference. The traditional bait and kill is a bit like fishing with a hook and bait - you can catch lots but will never catch everything. Our new approach is more like a set net that is much more effective at catching everything.
MONITORING SOFTWARE
Cacophony Monitoring Platform
Automated data collection and processing.
Our connected, automated ecosystem produces a lot of data. You don’t need to process it by hand. No more SD cards and manual data transfer as all data from our devices is automatically uploaded to our monitoring platform (including date, time, and location).
Our dashboards and timeline views give you at-a-glance insight into what’s happening. The range of tools and analysis is continually improving as we get more data and AI tools improve.
DEVICE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE
Sidekick Mobile Application
Fiddling with a small, tricky device interface in the bush is not fun. Our smartphone app (Android & iOS) connects to all our devices and provides a simple configuration interface.
Modern smart devices like speakers, security cameras, lights now typically have an app for doing the setup and monitoring. We have created an app that works with all our devices to that links with our online platform to make setting up, managing, and getting the most out of your devices easy and quick.
MONITORING HARDWARE
Bird Monitor
The easiest way to measure how bird populations are changing.
This automated device makes periodic sound recordings and uploads them to the cloud. These recordings are automatically analysed by our AI to identify the species, detect the volume of birdsong, and be able to track how it changes over time, giving you an objective measure of the impact of predator control or reforestation.
Our current AI identifies over 15 bird species and automatically gives and index of bird numbers providing an automated, trackable baseline to monitor biodiversity.
