Tag: Research
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“Spark”-ing Community
This month, the NMI hosted the first-ever Spark Breakfast. This casual meet-and-greet over Cafe Racer donuts and coffee provided the opportunity for a new cohort of Spark Students and Spark Alumni to network and collaborate. Spark Awards provide funding for out-of-classroom learning and opens doors for students to pursue new experiences. Spark Students use their funding…
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ORLT Drone Studies
Typical methods of gathering physical, on-site information for the sake of monitoring environmental conservation can be both tedious and time-consuming. By exploring the usage of drones, the ORLT Drone Studies Team aims to both streamline and enhance the process of gathering this data. In addition, the data gathered through drones can be used to enhance…
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PlantDEX
PlantDEX is a streamlined mobile app that allows field researchers to quickly and easily catalog plant data. The app is meant to help GIS technicians, forestry workers, ecological researchers, and other professionals who frequently collect and analyze botanical data in the field. PlantDEX suits these professionals’ needs in three key ways: first, each entry is…
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Migrate
Migrate is the premier bird and animal watching iOS app that encourages users to get outdoors by providing them with a direction. Migrate gives users a variety of species to explore each week. This app was created for Dr. Richard Chandler of the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. He is an associate professor…
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PATCH
PATCH is a citizen science app designed to be a fun, interactive experience for bird-watchers to track and log the birds they spot. Users will have the ability to track their location in-app, identify birds they spot, create a gallery of photos they have taken of the birds they’ve seen, and be posted to a…
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Synchrony VR
SynchronyVR is a collaborative effort between the University of Georgia and Cornell University to create a powerful but easy to use research tool for studying human interaction in virtual worlds. We have leveraged modern server technologies and emerging VR social worlds to create a tool that is both powerful, extendable, and easy to deploy. The…