New wild dog tech: Real-time, solar-powered, species-specific alerts

Alex Druce
June 26 2018 - 8:00am
An in-built camera, recognition software and satellite communication are combined to automate wild dog detection and send an alert. Picture by DPI.
An in-built camera, recognition software and satellite communication are combined to automate wild dog detection and send an alert. Picture by DPI.

Wild dogs are about to get the Big Brother treatment with facial recognition software central to a new real-time monitoring system for farmers. 

Alex Druce

Alex Druce

Senior Journalist

Politics and rural issues journo in Sydney. Give me a yell at adruce@fairfaxmedia.com.au

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