Zoohackathon [Oct 20-21 2018 @ Starling
tix] brings together developers, designers, project managers, and wildlife enthusiasts to create new applications and tools to help end wildlife trafficking. Past winners:
- 2016: SafeSouvenirs - Souvenirs you should not buy
- 2017: ODINN - Save 98% of rangers' time by autodetecting poachers in photos
Tigger Calling Unicorns
A seach for 'wildlife tech' and 'wildlife startups' returned
no results (no unicorns in saving tigger?). 'Conservation tech' did yield one
article:
- Camera traps - Get a photo handle on wildlife to aid conservancy
- Acoustic monitors - In the vast oceans, it's easier to hear than see
- Portable DNA analysis - Is that meat or bush meat?
- Sniffer dogs - Deft in finding droppings for DNA analysis
- Big data - Includes image recognition to identify animals automatically
- Aerial Imagery - Drones, satellites to count tree, species, intrusions
- Apps - Teach kds conservation; report poaching, dubious merchandise
- Education - Examples: eBird (bird watching); Wildbook (conservation)
- Crowdsourcing - Get the crowd (eg jungle hikers) to help out
Pick of Events (W3-Oct-2018)
1. Events listed may fall before, during or after the indicated week. 2. Posts are often proof-read after posting. 3. This month's free coworking day is tomorrow [4 Oct 2018], the
coworking collective has added 8 members, 5 which are highlighted below.
Sustainability
Link On The Brink @ KualaLumpur
top image
Link Sustainability Meetup @ KualaLumpur
tix
Link Sustainability Hackathon @ KualaLumpur
tix
Link Clean River Hackathon @ KualaLumpur
info
Link How To Achieve Sustaintability @ KL
tix
Link Sustainability Leadership @ KualaLumpur
Link World Habitat Day @ KualaLumpur
tix
Link Green Filmmaking @ KualaLumpur
Link Car Free City @ KualaLumpur
Link Battery Dumping @ Cyberjaya
Link Repurposing Arnie @ Penang
General
Link Digital Economy Forum @ KL
tix
Link Vuforia AR @ KualaLumpur
1 2 3
Link CoWork Coffee @ KualaLumpur
tix
Link Public Relations Meetup @ KL
Link Rapper Business @ KualaLumpur
tix
Link Lean In Networking @ KualaLumpur
Link Stock Investment @ KualaLumpr
tix
Link Ecommerce Content @ KualaLumpur
Link Events Forum @ KualaLumpur
tix also
Link Lessons from Enron @ KualaLumpur
Link Proof of Concept Grant @ Cyberjaya
Link Break The Pattern @ Johor
info
Link Blockchain in Transport @ Singapore
info
Link World Space Week @ Singapore
Arts
Link Literature Pitch @ KualaLumpur
Link Confluence Film Festival @ KL
Link Architectural Tour @ KualaLumpur
tix
Link Books for Strays @ KualaLumpur
Link Alt Book Fest @ KualaLumpur
tix
Link The Imperial Exam @ KualaLumpur
trailer
CoWorking
