WIPER is a novel wireless animal-borne anti-poaching device that provides an immediate alert with a GPS location to authorities once a shot is detected near the protected animals. WIPER is based on a low-power acoustic shot detector integrated into existing GPS tracking collars currently being used to study a wide variety of animals. As opposed to muzzle blast-based detectors, WIPER detects the ballistic shockwave generated by the bullet that cannot be muffled by suppressors commonly used by poachers.

 


Female Elephant with Wireless GPS-collar (Save the Elephants)

 

 
WIPER System Illustration


The project won second place in the Vodafone Wireless Innovation Project competition in 2017. 

Check out a brief presentation at the Social Inovation Summit. 

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