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Torge Peters

Digitalisation Can Advance Sustainable Agriculture – Under Certain Conditions

Digitalisation has long since arrived in agriculture. But how do these developments contribute to environmental and climate protection? We present solutions.

Listening to Trees: TreeMon Monitors Plants Using Microphones

The TreeMon project equips trees with sensors to detect pest infestation, water shortage and more using microphones to listen to the plant's needs.

Smartphones Can Be Used for Vital Earthquake Mapping

A new step towards high-resolution earthquake mapping could be coming from the inside your pocket. Accelerometers in mobile phones are providing data to understand the phenomenon and keep our cities safer.

Sensor von Dryad am Baum.
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‘Digital Noses’ in the Forest: How Sensors and AI Detect Fires

Start-up Dryad's sensor system sounds the alarm in the event of a forest fire, stopping them before they become difficult to control.

Jugendliche mit der mobilen Messstation senseBox:Bike an ihren Rädern.
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Using Sensebox:Bike, Pupils Collect Data for the Transport Revolution

Young people are improving Essen's cycle paths. Their most important tool: senseBox:Bike, a mobile measuring station attached to their bikes.

Jessica Droujko bringt einen ihrer Sensoren am Rand eines Flusses an.
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“One sensor in every single river”: An Interview with Jessica Droujko of Riverkin

Jessica Droujko loves rivers. In order to better protect them, she founded the start-up Riverkin, which uses a special sensor to measure the health of bodies of water.

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Identify Plants With the Flora Incognita App – And Support Important Biological Research

AI-supported plant identification app Flora Incognita provides users with the names of previously unknown plants, turning you into a citizen scientist.

Meet the New Sound-Powered Sensor That Could Replace Batteries

Researchers in Zurich have developed sensors using sound waves, which could save 78 million batteries per year in the EU alone.

Can Sensors, Cameras and “Big Data” on the High Seas Make Fishing More Sustainable?

Modern sensors and data processing can make fishing more sustainable. However, new technologies such as SUSTUNTECH run the risk of having the opposite effect.