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Hamilton City Council is using DOC AI Cams to save monitoring costs and significantly improve monitoring. The information is allowing them to take actions that will help protect endangered species.

DOC AI Cams are used to monitor an area of bush near Kauri Mountain in Northland during a 1080 treatment. The cameras provide an easy way to see the impact of the 1080 and rates at which the animals return. They also provide a great way to measure the impact on bird life.

A software update for the DOC AI Cam that includes a number of bug fixes and support for faster Wi-Fi.

This is an analysis of how birdlife is changing in Akaroa. It was created by re-processing historic bird recordings now that many more birds can be automatically recognised. Tui and bellbirds have increased significantly, while blackbirds and morepork have decreased.

We have rolled out some improvements to our thermal AI models, both on the server and on the camera.

We have just released a small software update that fixes a bug that was in the software released two weeks ago. This bug meant some thermal and audio recordings were missed in low power mode. Our testing shows this seems to be working nicely now.

The newly released software for the DOC AI Cam includes integration with the low bandwidth network Celium, support for a broader range of batteries and bug fixes that improve reliability, including the common 10 minute recordings that happen in low power mode.

Following an Android update, some customers are unable to connect their phones to a camera. This post shares a work around until we find a fix to this problem.

We have just released our latest bird recognition model that greatly expands the number of birds that we recognise to over 60. This uses data from DOC and eBird.

New tags are now available for horse, camel, donkey, antechinus, pygmy possum, feathertail glider, sugar glider, quoll, flying fox, and vole. Surprisingly Bynyip and drop bear are also available.

An improved bird recognition algorithm is doing a much better job at recognising birds.