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Los Angeles, CA
About Me:
I am an engineer and conservation technologist in National Geographic's Explorer program. My work involves efforts to help to bring modernization and new technologies into the space of ocean protection, namely to help stop IUU fishing and overfishing. The work started at Stanford University and I have gone on to work with a number of nonprofits and organizations since then. Most the stuff I focus on involved the development of hardware (low cost conservation UAVs, ULTRA low cost VMS, acoustic sensors, etc) and data management solutions (smartphone apps, online databases, etc.), as well as the identification of innovative approaches and technologies that work within the constraints of a certain community.
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
I am currently working under a grant by National Geographic and Lindblad Expeditions to develop low cost UAV research for marine protected area conservation. This has been validated through work by Conservation Drones and other pilot projects, however my grant focuses on the use by poor coastal communities for overfishing mitigation.
Hometown:
Los Angeles
Activity Feed
"Yeah. They were loaded. That is weapon smuggling by ITAR standards. "
"I know there are lots of technology naysayers on here talking about this (which I agree with) but the job postings are clearly not for a team that can make this happen tomorrow. They are obviously exploring possibilities and scooping up intellectual…"
"Yeah that is a great idea!"
"I would love to read the conference paper. Maybe post it to Dropbox and link it here?"
"I work on spacecraft propulsion for my day job... so seeing a video like this is the best of the best. I really hope SpaceX changes the industry."
"This is amazing! If you can figure it out for a USV or buoy, then I have an idea for you!"
"Very cool job here!"
"Thanks Dan. That works.
What Udo sent appears to be correct too. It looks like the v4 manual that was linked through on the IRIS purchase page is an incorrect link."
What Udo sent appears to be correct too. It looks like the v4 manual that was linked through on the IRIS purchase page is an incorrect link."
Does anyone have a good link for the IRIS manual?The one on the 3DR site is a dead link:http://3drobotics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/IRIS-manual-v4.pdfI sent something via the support page but I wanted to know if anyone else had an idea where to…
"Congrats on the achievement! It is pretty inspiring to see these setups getting such great endurance."
"Very nice Wayne."
"Javier,
That sounds interesting. I am always down to talk to some people working on great projects. I dont have funding for anything beyond the scope of this specific grant, all based on how things turn out in 2014. Thanks for the congrats though.…"
That sounds interesting. I am always down to talk to some people working on great projects. I dont have funding for anything beyond the scope of this specific grant, all based on how things turn out in 2014. Thanks for the congrats though.…"
"Thanks for the feedback Rai! Our mission objectives require more range and endurance than we could get out of multirotor but I am not opposed to building one as well (actually I would love to on my own personal time). I hope to document this pretty…"
"Rai,
Interesting work you are doing there. I would love to read more about it if you have it documented anywhere.
The SoarOcean project was scoped to have a focus on coastal fisheries, where near shore observation and low costs are important. There…"
Interesting work you are doing there. I would love to read more about it if you have it documented anywhere.
The SoarOcean project was scoped to have a focus on coastal fisheries, where near shore observation and low costs are important. There…"
"Ed,
I would love to connect to talk about projects. I work with some people in the Santa Barbara area (mostly SeaSketch at the McClintock Lab at UCSB) so I may be coming up there in the next few months. Send me a message on here and perhaps we can…"
I would love to connect to talk about projects. I work with some people in the Santa Barbara area (mostly SeaSketch at the McClintock Lab at UCSB) so I may be coming up there in the next few months. Send me a message on here and perhaps we can…"
"Great image! Nicely done here. Hopefully someone can make a version for fixed wing and/or APM2.6"
