Hi, just another article related to this one:
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/tracking-endangered-spe=
cie-by-sound-15699559
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> Interesting article from Nature World News - http://www.natureworldnews.c=
om/articles/3001/20130716/new-technology-tracks-species-sounds.htm
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> It got me thinking of the potential of this type of technology. As each s=
pecies has unique calls which could be interpreted as unique visual pattern=
s on a spectrogram, these visuals could be automatically scanned and interp=
reted to produce data on species distribution and abundance, much the same =
way as one can search by image on Google or Tineye.
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> Snippet - "A new cyber infrastructure developed by scientists enables rea=
l-time acoustic recording and automatic species identification in remote lo=
cations of the world, offering anyone in the world quick and easy access of=
not only what creatures inhabit a given area, but how many of them there a=
re - a key to measuring nature's response to on-going climate change and hu=
man invasion."
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