As climate change is a very real thing, it is important to adopt lifestyles and come up with tech innovations that will actually assist us and help animals survive as well. Postgraduate students of design from the Imperial College London and the Royal College of Art have partnered to create intuitive and high-tech bio-logging tags for humpback whales and collared peccaries. Through the tags, the researchers hope to allow the animals to detect human threats and therefore, be prepared should they need to fight-or-flight. In addition, the devices also monitor the immediate environment as a whole. In a sense, this project attempts to assist the mammals in "reclaiming and changing their own habits" in response to the world.
The designers working on this project to help animals survive include Duncan Carter, Mick Geerits, Arthur Gouillart, and Eirini Malliaraki.
Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Bio-logging Tags
- This trend aims to produce new bio-logging technology for animals that can help identify human threats and monitor the environment.
- Fight-or-flight Alert Devices
- This trend aims to create more devices that can help animals better detect human threats and adapt accordingly.
- Climate Change Technology
- This trend aims to produce more climate change technology for animals that can help them survive and adapt to changing conditions.
Where This Applies
- Wildlife Conservation
- This industry can benefit from investing in and researching innovative technology that can help animals detect and respond to human threats.
- Environmental Monitoring
- This industry can benefit from investing in and developing new technology that can monitor the environment and alert animals to potential dangers.
- Design and Technology
- This industry can benefit from incorporating bio-logging technology and other novel innovations into their product development and design process.
