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Category Archives: Environmental Monitoring
Apr
26
Synchronising Binoculars & Telescopes for Shared Viewing
Found an Amazing Object with Your Binoculars or Telescope? Share its Location Without Pointing and Explaining :-)
Identifying the Need & Defining the Problem
I’ve often found myself in the following situation, for example when bird watching. I see something interesting, maybe a kingfisher under a tree some distance away, I use my binoculars to get a closer look then try to explain its location to my friend so he can look too, with ‘his’ binoculars.
The problem is that by the time I’ve managed to explain its location with lots of pointing and gesturing – “Its near that brown tree, the one with green leaves…” ;-) it’s often too late and the object (kingfisher in this case) has disappeared!
I wanted something that would allow my friend(s) to share my viewpoint literally and to enable them to instantly locate and pinpoint the same object at which I was looking. This way, when one of us found something interesting, the other(s) could share it too, without several minutes of discussion and gesturing ;-) This is even more important of course when bird watching, since you don’t want any unnecessary noise or commotion.
Jul
08
Remote Site Alarm and Environmental Monitoring System – Protect Your Fish!
Problem:
To be able to remotely monitor the security and status of a wide range of items and conditions on any site, anywhere in the country (or in any country for that matter).
The security monitoring requirement is for the remote protection of on-site machinery and equipment, for example on building sites, roadworks and farms etc. The environmental monitoring requirement is for the protection of buildings, land, crops and animals (including fish – think ‘koi carp’ for example) etc.
The two key design goals were to produce a product/system which would work under its own power, independent of mains power for long periods of time; and also for the product/system to be wireless to allow for quick and easy remote placement.
