Grassland Bird Nest Detection

Grassland Bird Nest Detection

Initial Design Team Grassland Birds is working with the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) to locate a rapidly declining population of birds that nest in the grassland ecosystem. The team’s initial technical iteration involved mounting a FLIR Duo camera...
Team ALARM: From Concept to Design

Team ALARM: From Concept to Design

Initial Design As you can read in our last post, Team Alarm’s task was to design an unmanned aerial system (or drone) to deter bears from encroaching on farmland and to help avoid harmful and potentially dangerous interactions between hams and bears. We began...
Talking Tech: Veliger’s Two Drone System

Talking Tech: Veliger’s Two Drone System

Today, there has been a 99% decline in the oyster population. As such, only 1% remain. These little creatures are known as filter feeders, meaning they feed on plankton by opening their shells and pumping water through their gills. This action traps particles of food...