News and media related to BoomBox technology
“So we get this really beautiful, really elegant experiment where, without all those confounding influences of human observers being present, you have wildlife in a natural setting responding to cues that you programme in as a researcher … “
An interview with Dr. Meredith Palmer on experiments with BoomBox and other technologies.
By Mike Gaworecki. Published on Mongabay Newscast.
“This new design can capture responses of numerous species to a user-defined set of cues, generating sample sizes sufficient to evaluate ecological hypotheses that would be untestable using standard methods.”
A summary of the original BoomBox paper, covering the ABR methodology, what BoomBox is, and the effectiveness of BoomBox in the wild.
By Meredith Palmer. Published on the Methods in Ecology and Evolution’s blog.
“We’d just been working with Mp3 playback technology for board games based on Jacinta’s children’s book. So the starting point for the BoomBox was literally a chip designed for toys …”
An article with Dr. Meredith Palmer and Akiba and Jacinta from Freaklabs on the origins of the BoomBox collaboration and device.
By Ellie Warren. Published on WILDLABS.