MEDIA COLLECTION
VIDEO COLLECTION
2024 – “The tech transforming conservation in Africa”
CNN Inside Africa shows how Sera Community Conservancy in northern Kenya has successfully doubled its black rhino population with the help of groundbreaking technology. With a key role for our RhinoEdge devices.
2023 – “What It Takes”
We have created a short documentary about the effort it takes to deploy a Smart Parks – to protect wildlife in remote areas. It is a team effort in extreme but beautiful conditions. The decor is the protected area under management of The Africa Experience, in Botswana.
2022 – Edge Impulse Imagine Conservation/AI Ethics Panel
Tim in a panel on tech for wildlife, solutions for the UN’s SDGs, biodiversity, climate, and more.
2022 – Rhino Reintroduction Zinave
The 20 white and 7 black rhinos, that have been translocated to Zinave National Park, are protected with our RhinoEdge Pucks.
2023 – Wilder Blean European Bison tracking
Watch the moment European Bison were released into UK as part of the rewilding project at Wilder Blean.
2022 – Water dip test
Testing whether the CollarEdge devices are waterproof in our local pond.
2022 – Why the Smart Parks system? (English spoken)
What is the reason behind the Smart Parks mission, why is protecting endangered animals our mission?
2022 – What is the Smart Parks system? (English spoken)
What is it that Smart Parks and the Smart Parks system does?
2022 – How does Smart Parks work? (English spoken)
How does the Smart Parks system contribute to our mission to protect wildlife?
2022 – Why the Smart Parks system? (Dutch spoken)
What is the reason behind the Smart Parks mission, why is protecting endangered animals our mission?
2022 – What is the Smart Parks system? (Dutch spoken)
What is it that Smart Parks and the Smart Parks system does?
2022 – How does Smart Parks work? (Dutch spoken)
How does the Smart Parks system contribute to our mission to protect wildlife?
2022 – Where does Smart Parks work? (Dutch spoken)
In what areas and sort of projects does Smart Parks work?
2022 – Internet of Nature podcast
Dr. Nadina Galle is joined by Tim van Dam, to discuss the mission, technology, passion and more.
2022 – Black Rhino Eartag deployment
At Lilongwe Wildlife Centre a black rhino is re-tagged for monitoring purposes with a Smart Parks eartag
2022 – ElephantEdge // Hackster Café
Tim van Dam and Adam Benzion (Edge Impulse) talk about technology conserving worlds gentle giants
2022 – Elephant collaring in Gonarezhou, Zimbabwe
The first ElephantEdge tracker to be deployed in the field in collaboration with Gonarezhou and FZS
2021 – Tech Tutor lecture for Wildlabs.net
How to get started with the OpenCollar Edge trackers, developed under OpenCollar.io by Tim van Dam
2021 – The Things Conference
Adam Benzion from Edge Impulse and Tim talk about LoRaWAN wildlife trackers powered by Machine Learning
2021 – ElephantEdge powered by EdgeImpulse
Smart Parks, IRNAS, EdgeImpulse and Hackster.io joined forces to design the most advanced wildlife tracker
2021 – Discussing ElephantEdge
Adam Benzion, Rex St. John, Sarah Maston and Tim discuss how technology can help to protect elephants
2021 – clip from dutch tv-program Atlas, NPO
In National Park Zuid-Kennemerland, Ariet Bouman explains the Smart Parks system (dutch spoken)
2021 – Elephant collaring Koro, Botswana
The deployment of a LoRaWAN elephant collar in collaboration with the Timbo Afrika Foundation
2021 – Trailer Smart Parks documentary “What it Takes”
A picture is worth a thousand words, so imagine the value of a full documentary – to be released soon
2021 – ElephantEdge: Building the World’s Most Advanced Wildlife Tracker
ElephantEdge initiative with Hackster.io and Smart Parks to design, manufacture and deploy next-generation elephant tracking collars.
2020 – Interview at The Things Conference
Co-founder Tim van Dam talks about the Smart Parks mission and the elephant and rhino trackers
2020 – Deployment with CCF, Namibia
Short clip of highlights from the deployment in collaboration with the Cheetah Conservation Fund
2020 – Presentation The Things Conference
Presentation by Luka Mustafa from IRNAS on end-to-end solutions from raw components to sensors in the field
2019 – LoRa-based wildlife protection
Video created by Semtech Corporation about how LoRa applications assist in wildlife protection
2019 – The Things Conference
Co-Founder Laurens de Groot talks about wildlife protection using LoRaWAN at the TTN conference 2019
2019 – Wildlabs lecture Laurens de Groot
Wildlabs.net virtual meetup on networked sensors for security and wildlife conflict prevention
2019 – Shuttleworth Foundation application
For his Shuttleworth Foundation application (a slightly younger 😉 Tim explains the Smart Parks solution
2018 – The Tech Interactive on Smart Parks
Video created by the Tech Interactive under their The Tech for Global Good initiative
2018 – Smart Parks system in Mkomazi, Tanzania
Tony Fitzjohn from GAWPT explains why protecting rhino and wildlife, with the help of technology, is crucial
2016 – TEDx Talks on ShadowView
Laurens de Groot talks about how he started the ShadowView Foundation to protect endangered species
2017 – Smart Parks system in Mkomazi, Tanzania
Smart Parks solution installed in Mkomazi by Internet of Life in collaboration with ShadowView Foundation
PHOTO GALLERIES
EXTERNAL NEWS ARTICLES & BLOGS
2022 – Symposium ‘Natuurlijke Begrazing’ door FREE nature (Dutch) – including handout
2022 – Het fd “Het oerwoud krijgt een eigen alarm systeem” (Dutch)
2020 – Nature Today “Wisent voor het eest gezinderd met slimme halsband: een grote stap voor natuurbescherming” (Dutch)
2020 – Het AD “De sensor die neushoors redt: Smart Parks wil stropers de pas afsnijden met technologie” (Dutch)
2019 – Cisco blog “Innovation: techno-conservation converging on a Modular Reference Architecture”
2019 – Universiteit Utrecht blog “Eerste Europese Smart Parks in Europa” (Dutch)
2018 – Emerce “Smart Parks: Nederlandse startup gebruikt IoT om dieren te beschermen” (Dutch)
2017 – Het AD “Wereldnatuurfonds beloont slim Utrechts plan voor natuurbescherming” (Dutch)
2017 – RTV Utrecht “Olifantenplan Utrechter bekroond by WNF-Wedstrijd” (Dutch)
AUDIO FRAGMENTS
2022 – Geneva Graduate Institute podcast about how sensor technology is used in wildlife conservation
2021 – Radio uitzending NTR focus waar Tim praat over wildlife tech en zijn favoriete nummers (Dutch)
2020 – The Things Podcast an interview with Tim van Dam talking about the wildlife trackers
2017 – Radio uitzending BNNVARA Vroege Vogels na het winnen van de Human Wildlife Tech Challenge (Dutch)
2023 – Podcast Africast – Technologie in strijd tegen stropers (Dutch)