News

  • Cacophony traps are catching lots of predators

    The Cacophony trap testing continues and is catching lots of possums, feral cats and hedgehogs. This post shows some of those catches and shares some of what has been learnt from the testing.
  • Pestival on Great Barrier Island/Aotea

    A summary of the Pestival hui on Great Barrier Island, April 2021.
  • Thermal camera finds a stoat at Shakespear Regional Park

    Shakespear Regional Park is an Open Sanctuary at the tip of the Whangaparāoa Peninsula. Managed by the Auckland Council, it is part of a group of p...
  • First footage of a wallaby crossing the Aviemore dam

    First video footage of a wallaby crossing the Aviemore dam.
  • Refurbished Lime batteries now for sale

    New refurbished Lime scooter batteries are now available to power the trap and thermal camera, saving money and the environment.
  • Automatically detecting wallabies

    150 years ago 3 breeding pairs of Bennett's wallabies were introduced to South Canterbury to start a fur trade. This has now grown reportedly to a ...
  • A comparison between bird monitoring techniques

    A discussion of a research paper comparing human and automatic bird monitors.
  • Introducing Te Kahu Ora

    To reduce confusion we have decided to separate our thermal screening and predator work. Our thermal screening work will have a new brand: Te Kahu Ora
  • Coming soon: automatic calibration and face tracking

    This is a quick update to let you know what we're working on. This functionality isn't available at the moment but is on its way. Automatic calibra...
  • Media coverage of our thermal cameras for

    We've had radio, TV and newspaper coverage of our thermal camera efforts, along with a little bit of social media. Each of these stories contains s...
  • Fever screen update: configurable thresholds and more

    The team of engineers at The Cacophony Project have been busy working on the software on the thermal camera to improve its functionality. If y...
  • Fever screening software update: improved usability and accuracy

    The team of Cacophony Engineers has been busy updating the software on the thermal cameras that are used to detect elevated body temperature.  Here...