Proof of concept – Polar bear detection

Our early warning AI powered polar bear detector proved it's worth this morning. The detector is a result of a collaboration between Kim Hendrikse from Wildlife Security Innovations, The Netherlands and Lars Holst Hansen from Copenhagen University.

Using training data gathered from Copenhagen Zoo and the Skandinavisk Dyrepark to train a model and this year deployed to Greenland. The system is scanning 24 video streams from just a single Jetson. In addition to provide a powerful state engine for local response and control, the system provides a publish-subscribe event callback over websockets. Each detection is checked and double checked against two different large parameter AI models before sending alerts.

The system is Greenland is using all visible light cameras, but the Wildlife Security Innovations smart camera system also supports a wide range of miniature thermal imaging modules with resolutions such as 640x512, 384x288 and 256x192. There's also a lower cost Raspberry Pi 5 based system available.