hikinghack

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   by hikinghack 2y ago

   Oh thanks for sharing this!
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   by hikinghack 2y ago

   totally! Right now we are just trying to get them out and tested on science projects around the world, but hopefully we can find funding to make more designs that could be manufactured in bulk (like the audiomoth and groupgets) and have eve
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   by hikinghack 2y ago

   We have a group of kids in Rhode Island building some with the library there! Part of a "Wildlives" program where the kids also learn to put camera traps around the local nature! Def just needs motivated teachers!
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   by hikinghack 2y ago

   Thanks! Always happy to serve the commons of science!
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   by hikinghack 2y ago

   Totally! We are using it for farmland and riparian restoration projects here in Panama. Everything is still very nascent, so we don't really have a good idea what amount of mothboxes would constitute "enough data," but the in
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   by hikinghack 2y ago

   Really appreciate the kind words!
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   by hikinghack 2y ago

   Awesome! Thanks for sharing it around!!
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   by hikinghack 2y ago

   Yeah, i feel like currently they are at about the price of camera traps 10 years ago. There is very little mass-manufacturability to them right now (it's all open source and made from off-the-shelf parts) but later if we can find more
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   by hikinghack 2y ago

   We use some dielectric grease when we have to make some outdoor connections and it works great here in the jungle, and it also has the bonus of keeping the leaf cutter ants from slicing up your electronics too!
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    by hikinghack 2y ago

    Hi! I'm andy! I'm the guy who spent the past year making the Mothbox! I don't know how this got on ycombinator, but cool! We are working here together Let me know if you have any questions! Some quick basics: It's an ent