Date uploaded: 2018-03-22 21:56:12
Can a cell phone and machine learning help stop deforestation? Nonprofit @rainforestcx and the Tembé tribe from the central Amazon hope so. They’re transforming Android phones into solar-powered acoustic monitoring devices that are hidden in trees. Using TensorFlow, Google’s open-source machine learning tool, they can analyze the audio data collected from the phones and identify sounds of illegal logging in the area. See our story today to learn more about how this tribe is using technology to save their forest. #SearchOn
