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The latest version of Sidekick allows you to easily set up the AI on the DOC AI Camera. This also shows the battery voltage.

New updates for the DOC AI Cam include a tweak that may improve the modem communications, and a change so the camera behaves nicely when the SD card fills up

We are working on a solar battery pack for the DOC AI Cam that will be lighter and easier to carry than our existing batteries. It will be flexible with the number of batteries and size of solar panel. Using recycled batteries from Lime scooters will keep the cost down. The batteries will charge in low light conditions.

Lots of software improvements: Improved bird classification, Overlay photos on by default, stopped emails working in audio only mode, tracking improvements for thermal videos, mobile UI improvements, controls to change the size of an audio track, password remembering and reset on Sidekick, 5 min audio recording button and upload notifications.

This Sidekick update includes: the camera preview stays on indefinitely, the software update works nicely, the Connect to Camera button works again and our description of the default recording window has been corrected.

The DOC AI Cam can now run AI on the camera. This can be used to control traps, or interface with low bandwidth networks. New audio setting allow a 5 minute bird recording and to synchronise random bird recordings across DOC AI Cams.

Audio recordings can now be reviewed on the new version of the Cacophony Portal. The location photo feature has been fixed and now works on this new version, with an transparency slider that lets you see the photo and the thermal video at the same time. This makes it easier to interpret the thermal videos.

A masters student's study of the Zealandia fence line using thermal imaging from the DOC AI Cam. People walking around the outside tracks are the most common animal spotted but there are pests lurking as well.

We have deployed a new algorithm that limits the number of tracks in a video to 10. This is to make your tagging experience easier.

• You can now remotely set the bird monitor functionality (if your camera has an internet connection)
• Audio recordings made on devices that don't have a connection can now be downloaded to Sidekick and uploaded to the Cacophony servers.
• The release includes the ability to run the AI on the camera to control a trap or interface with an alternative communications provider. This is not fully functional yet.