Newsletter
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April 2026 Newsletter: New Cacophony portal, solar battery available, trap update
In this newsletter we have our new portal live, our solar battery pack available to order, tips for creating long term outcome reports, and an update on the High Interaction Rate Trap, including details of what we will be developing as part of the Tools to Market funding.
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Feb 2026 newsletter: masking, more birds recognised, Hanmer case study
Mask a proportion of the image to reduce false positives. Kōkako, bittern and dotterel calls recognised. New data plans. A case study from Hanmer. Updates on the solar battery pack and trap.
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November 2025 Newsletter: councils saving $, improving monitoring + solar update
DOC AI Cam case studies. Northland measure the impact of a 1080 pulse. Hamilton Council save money and improve monitoring. Field testing for solar battery pack and the High Interaction Rate Trap.
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2040 October Newsletter
2040 October Newsletter Manufacturing partner for The Cacophony Project Kia ora and welcome our October newsletter. This month we have an option fo... -
September 2025 newsletter: It's stoatally different
This month we've introduced more features for the DOC AI Cam, including Celium integration, support for more battery types and some important bug fixes. This also includes examples of kiwi and kākā calls correctly identified and bittern and bandicoot detected on the thermal camera.
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2040 August 25 Newsletter - over 60 birds recognised now
Over 60 birds are now recognised by the DOC AI Cam. More bug fixes released and more coming. Solar and High Interaction Rate Trap progressing.
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2040 July 25 Newsletter: Bird recognition much improved
Improved bird recognition, and modem operation. Enhanced AI on the camera and easier to set up. Solar solution progressing well.
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Thermal camera shows possums gone from Akaroa
Thermal cameras have been used to show a dramatic decline in possums in Akaroa. New software updates released, allowing AI to run on the DOC AI Cam and improvements to Sidekick. Lifecycle testing started on new spool design for High Interaction Rate Trap
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AI Available on the DOC AI Cam
The DOC AI Cam can now run the AI on the camera and has new audio settings. We're testing a low light solar panel and ramping up manufacturing.
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2040 Feb 2025 Newsletter: Transparent overlay photos and audio monitoring improvements.
This newsletter describes updates to the DOC AI Cam that include the ability to add a transparent overlay photo to thermal cameras to make it easier to understand videos. There are also significant improvements to the audio monitoring along with a brief update about the high interaction rate trap development.
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DOC AI Cam and trap updates: improved waterproofing
DOC AI Cam: Improved waterproofing, new bird monitoring features, improved Sidekick app, case studies
High interaction rate trap: new spool trigger mechanism and testing of the DOC AI Cam controlling the trap.
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Audio bird monitor now available on DOC AI Cam
The audio bird monitoring functionality is now available on the DOC AI Cam, along with a new case, new seal, SIM card holder, low power mode, daily and weekly summaries, battery logging, ability to remotely change settings and a new Sidekick. There is also a new, lower cost, lighter version of our high interaction rate trap.
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