Google’s AI alone may consume as much energy as Ireland

there are more solid reasons for optimism too.

with regional options to download models for different parts of the world.All you need is a recent Raspberry Pi running a 64-bit version of the Bullseye release of Raspberry Pi OS.

using a neural net to identify birds from their sounds.to lists of everything detected.shutting the doors and windows and bringing the cats in after a warm late May day.

as the Pis audio port doesnt support a microphoneAll you need is a recent Raspberry Pi running a 64-bit version of the Bullseye release of Raspberry Pi OS.

Its a powerful tool for seeing what might be around when all you can hear is a song somewhere in the trees.

so it was already in a ArgonOne SSD case with a 240GB SSD.The system is designed to take a 15-second sound sample every minute or so.

but unfortunately it was the quality you expect for under £5.allowing you to run machine-learning models on surprisingly small devices.

Its a simple script that loads the required packages and configures a Python environment for the BirdNET Lite machine-learning models.My second attempt used a USB sound card that promised a microphone input and a basic lapel microphone.