Monday, September 9, 2013

Kenya uses Raspberry Pi Computers to keep Rhinos from going extinct

Title: Raspberry Pi aids cyber safety net for African Rhino
Link:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24014926\
Date: 9/4/13
Source: BBC-Africa
     The Raspberry Pi computer is really just a monitoring camera that was placed around different parts of the National Park in Kenya. They are there to help the park rangers keep an eye on parts of the park that they normally don't check. This project was created with a collaboration between Kenya Wildlife Service, and the Zoological Society of London.
"We manage around 8% of the total land mass of Kenya, these cameras will be critical in helping us monitor the well-being of rare animals and ensure their habitats remain protected from poachers," Said Patrick Omondi, deputy directer of wildlife conservation. Since the project has been going it has earned £500,000 from google earlier this year to help fund this project and get it off the ground. With this boost other cameras have been placed around the park to try and locate other places that aren't searched.

5 comments:

  1. This sounds like a great idea. It makes it safer for park rangers and is a great way to observe wildlife.

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  2. Nice invention especially since they dont check those parts of the park

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  3. This is extremely smart.

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  4. This is extremely smart.

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