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Excellent kachō-e prompt - working on something similar and found it hard to get the right balance between sharp outlines and watercolors, and especially plant morphology is dicey (eg plants like Cacao that fruit from the trunk instead of branch tips). Did anyone come across projects that also nail that aspect well?
I wanted to do something similar to this, then I started doing some research on birds in general, and those in my locality, then I started learning about Audio and spectograms and Nyquist Theorem and many other interesting audio stuff. Then I started going through the Intro to Conservation Bioacoustics by Cornell course, and started watching Bioacoustic Talks by the K. Lisa Yang Center cornell center. And now I am al…
Do you think the same could be used for other cases? I'm thinking about detecting problems with cars (vehicles) just by the noise they make
Unsure if that is a valid assumption, docs could improve here.
I like this a lot. I've been fascinated by Suzuki Toshitakas work on mapping bird sounds to syntax and want to experiment in that space too. Ive been assisting at a wild bird rehab but not until I got pet birds (released pet birds that no owner could be found for) did I realize they make these extremely faint sounds to each other that I can sometimes just barely make out when I'm right next to them but are not the ot…
Maybe doing something similar with a spectrogram would work? Two spectrograms, one delayed slightly with respect to the other, and subtract one from the other, and you might see bright spots that appear where the sound changes.
I wanted to do something similar to this, then I started doing some research on birds in general, and those in my locality, then I started learning about Audio and spectograms and Nyquist Theorem and many other interesting audio stuff. Then I started going through the Intro to Conservation Bioacoustics by Cornell course, and started watching Bioacoustic Talks by the K. Lisa Yang Center cornell center. And now I am al…
Thanks for sharing these resources and your story! I followed a very similar path, and ended up doing a biodiversity related MSc, with my dissertation being a custom classifier for poorly detected species in Príncipe. BirdNET and Perch are phenomenal achievements, but struggle in regions where, ironically, most of the world’s biodiversity is. What you’re doing for Rwandan species is so important!!
I wanted to do something similar to this, then I started doing some research on birds in general, and those in my locality, then I started learning about Audio and spectograms and Nyquist Theorem and many other interesting audio stuff. Then I started going through the Intro to Conservation Bioacoustics by Cornell course, and started watching Bioacoustic Talks by the K. Lisa Yang Center cornell center. And now I am al…
Do you think the same could be used for other cases? I'm thinking about detecting problems with cars (vehicles) just by the noise they make
If you dig this idea, highly recommend the Cornell Merlin Bird ID app (likely built on the exact tech used here). Use it on my walks every week and it spots some wild stuff (it even correctly identifies birds who are being mocked by a Mockingbird). Helped me learn the Eastern Blue Bird call (personal favorite) so I know when they're nearby.
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Do you think the same could be used for other cases? I'm thinking about detecting problems with cars (vehicles) just by the noise they make
How far has your thinking taken you? This has piqued my interest on how many fields audio can be used to solve problems
I think sound + location could be really interesting, because you can filter parts of the car that could be making noises that are similar knowing where the mic is.