Sensors already equip a range of tools to enhance monitoring capacity for conservation. Some of the higher bandwidth technologies, like camera traps and acoustic monitoring systems, have been essential elements of the conservation toolkit for decades, and thus have enough users that we've created dedicated WILDLABS groups to address them. But a whole range of lower bandwidth sensors beyond these core technologies are being increasingly integrated into conservation monitoring systems, and offer rich new insights into the wildlife and ecosystems we're all working to protect. As with many technologies, cost and access have historically been challenges to the adoption of new sensors, but with low-cost and open-source solutions on the rise, we're excited to see what the future of this space holds.
Getting Started with Sensors:
- Watch Shah Selbe's Tech Tutors episode on scaling FieldKit, an open-source conservation sensor toolbox, from a project to a successful conservation tech product.
- Check out our Virtual Meetup about Low-Cost, Open-Source Solutions in conservation tech, including a talk by Alasdair Davies on the Arribada Initiative's work with thermal sensors in early warning systems.
- For a more in-depth introduction, watch the first video in our datalogger mini-series: Freaklabs: How do I get started with Arduino?
In this group, you'll meet others who are using and innovating diverse sensors in their work, discuss ways to make sensors more effective & accessible for conservationists, learn about what sensors are already helping us accomplish in the field, and have the opportunity to ask and answer questions. Join this group to get started!
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| Dear all, I am currently developing a method to extract subgroups from dynamic network data. My current use case is data collected on... |
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| I need to play a loop of sound to desensitize animals for project. The system needs to be solar powered 24/7 for 2-3 months. I have solar... |
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| Hi all, we have been developing low cost open source proximity loggers for small animals (minimum logger weight is currently 1g) and we are... |
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| Hi Alasdair- Currently the Lepton is not on the list. If you would, please fill out the form on this webpage and request the Lepton be added - I will also bring it... |
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| Hi all, I am currently working on my grad film project, and I'm looking for UK environmental projects using the Raspberry... |
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| Although this article focuses on agriculture in Australia, a lot of the IoT principles that are being used can also possibly be used for... |
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| Sounds great! |
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| We've also put together a variation on the wireless datalogger. We've found it extremely useful for us in other projects, especially in developing countries without... |
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| FYI: we included instructions in English: https://github.com/SensingClues/OpenEars |
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| FYI, the open source camera trap part of this thread has moved here: https://www.wildlabs.net/community/thread/694 |
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| The talk is really interesting and I agree that it's important to think about the bigger issues of the world and then use technology as just one of the tools to try and tackle... |
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| Hi everyone. Excited to be part of this group especially since IoT can pretty much trace it's roots to wildlife monitoring. I've... |
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