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Artificial intelligence in wildlife conservation
We would like to share some valuable insights about artificial intelligence (AI) which is now used to monitor and protect wildlife. At Smart Parks we are always on the lookout of new technologies and developments in the field that can [...]
‘Holy grail in rhino monitoring’ deployed in Liwonde National Park
Smart Parks and African Parks have successfully implanted the first GPS LoRaWAN™ enabled transmitters into the horns of two eastern black rhinos at Liwonde National Parks in Malawi. The devices provide park management with a real-time position of the critically [...]
Smart Parks power monitoring sensors for Hluhluwe-iMfolozi
The South African game reserve Hluhluwe-iMfozoli has been provided with Smart Parks power monitoring sensors. This enables park management to check the charge control unit at their LoRaWAN gateway stations in real-time. The devices provide the anti-poaching command and control [...]
First Smart Park in Kenya created with Big Life Foundation
The Big Life Foundation and Smart Parks created the first Smart Parks in Kenya to improve the protection of the Amboseli-Tsavo-Kilimanjaro ecosystem. During the installment last week, a gateway and several sensors were deployed. Gateway installment at Big Life [...]
Real-time sound meters in African game park to detect intruders
Smart Parks and Munisense are proud to announce that the first Munisense sound meters have been added to the sensor solution in a game park in Rwanda. The brand new NP-series sound meters continuously measure the environmental sound from [...]
New collar and new partnerships at Cisco Ecole Polytechnique Symposium
During the 4th annual Cisco Ecole Polytechnique Symposium, Smart Parks revealed the first working prototype of an Elephant tracker as part of the OpenCollar initiative. With new insights from the experts at this event and from the community, the collar [...]