Technology gone wild
summary
Modified off‑the‑shelf camera traps send images over a satellite link to a nearby solar‑powered box with a Raspberry Pi that runs ML and classifies rhinos elephants humans and even humans carrying guns so alerts go out as WhatsApp notifications (one deployment in Gabon woke teams at 03:00 with an elephant alert). The group also builds low‑cost Aliexpress drones that fly ~1.5 hours for aerial data and a GSM phone detector that flags likely poachers by detecting mobile handsets.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction and personal story
- 3:09Smart cameras in the Gabon forest
- 8:24From Java engineer to conservation tech
- 13:17Hack the Planet concept explained
- 18:37Global challenges and real solutions
- 21:46Poaching detection with GSM sensors
- 23:55Closing and contact details
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