UC Santa Cruz’s CITRIS and the Banatao Institute funded two wildlife-conservation projects through its Interdisciplinary Innovation Program. ‘Tiny Tags, Open Skies,’ led by Dan Costa, will develop an open-source, low-cost aerial monitoring system combining custom drones, UV imaging hardware, and computer-vision tracking software to close a decades-old data gap in endangered sea turtle hatchling dispersal, with the technology intended for global access. The program received a strong field of proposals and chose the two projects from a call open to information-technology solutions for societal challenges.
CITRIS funds an open-source drone platform for sea turtle tracking
UC Santa Cruz's CITRIS and the Banatao Institute funded two wildlife-conservation projects through its Interdisciplinary Innovation Program. 'Tiny Tags, Open Skies,' led by Dan Costa, will develop an open-source, low-cost aerial monitoring system combining custom drones, UV imaging hardware, and computer-vision tracking software to close a decades-old data gap in endangered sea turtle hatchling dispersal, with the technology intended for global access. The program received a strong field of proposals and chose the two projects from a call open to information-technology solutions for societal challenges.
Source: Ucsc