News

  • Adapting our thermal cameras to detect people with a fever

    by Shaun Ryan
    Two weeks ago one of our engineers asked if we could use our technology to help with the COVID-19 outbreak. A little brainstorming ensured. One ide...
    Posted in Fever Screening

  • Morepork/ruru in Karaka Bay

    by Shaun Ryan
    Automatic algorithms developed by The Cacophony Project have been used to find recordings of Morepork in Karaka Bay and Centennial Park.
    Posted in Bird Monitor

  • Updated Bird Monitor and Sidekick apps.

    by Shaun Ryan
    Two Android apps developed by the Cacophony Project have recently been updated: the Bird Monitor and Sidekick apps. Bird Monitor At the heart of t...
    Posted in Bird Monitor, Sidekick, Software updates, Thermal Camera

  • Cacophony Index back processing now complete

    by Shaun Ryan
    We started calculating Cacophony Index values for each bird recording back in December. A few weeks ago we made the Cacophony Index accessible usin...
    Posted in Bird Monitor, Cacophony Portal

  • Camera updates: new lens, AI on camera, and more.

    by Shaun Ryan
    I was recently asked what was new with the camera. As I looked at the work we had done recently, I thought it was worth sharing. New lens design ...
    Posted in Cacophony Portal, Sidekick, Software updates, Thermal Camera

  • You can now see your Cacophony Index

    by Shaun Ryan
    As promised, the fantastic engineers at The Cacophony Project have released the first version of the Cacophony Index and you can now have a look at...
    Posted in Bird Monitor, Cacophony Portal, Software updates

  • Software updates - November 2019

    by Shaun Ryan
    The Cacophony team now have a weekly release cycle where new software is released to a test environment and tested software is released to producti...
    Posted in Bird Monitor, Cacophony Portal, Software updates, Thermal Camera

  • Bird monitors can use battery packs now

    by Shaun Ryan
    The power bank enabler is now available for sale, allow you to use power banks with your bird monitor, and a smaller, lower cost solar option.
    Posted in Bird Monitor

  • Automatic bird detection is coming

    by Shaun Ryan
    We have a new machine learning engineer working on a Cacophony Index, automatic speech detection and automatic bird classification
    Posted in Bird Monitor, Software updates

  • Updated camera manual

    by Shaun Ryan
    We have just updated the manual for the thermal camera. This includes changes for: The new waterproof plug Battery usage, safety and transport Sim...

  • Camera batteries now available

    by Shaun Ryan
    We have received our first shipment of batteries for our Thermal Cameras, tested them and they are now available for sale. The battery will last ap...
    Posted in Thermal Camera

  • The Cacophony Project’s presentation at Pestival 2019

    by Shaun Ryan
    Last weekend we attended Auckland City Council’s Pestival. It was a great opportunity to find out about the initiatives around Tāmaki Makaurau and...