Creating a buzz around intelligent rewilding

“It just seems like a really unique, innovative way and a great opportunity to work with a company like Capgemini.”
Owen Finnie Co-founder Pollenize

Tech4PositiveFutures innovation initiative with Pollenize

The decline of pollinators presents a global issue that has far-reaching consequences. As part of the Tech4PositiveFutures initiative, AIE London partnered with Pollenize, a UK-based Community Interest Company (CIC), to build an intelligent rewilding tool aimed at encouraging problem-solving innovation to help bring nature back into urban areas.

The tool we’ve developed allows people to understand where to rewild and what to plant – with the aim of encouraging the local community to grow the native wildflowers that enable pollinators to thrive. The project is a natural fit with the broader sustainability work Capgemini is involved with every week.

Turning data into insight

Data is at the heart of the applied innovation project. The tool allows people to scan a QR code on packets of wildflower seeds to upload information about where they have been sown. We are also using data to understand more about bee behavior and the ‘waggle dance’ they perform when they arrive back in their hive after collecting pollen.

However, decoding the secretive dance of a bee, and understanding where to sow a tiny seed in a local urban patch, aren’t just insights that affect biodiversity in a small corner of southwest England. This transformational innovation could deliver real impact globally. We’re providing people with localized data that changes their behavior, and then gamifying it to create change at scale. The ‘Waggle dance’ is an ancient bee communication system that involves intricate movements and precise directions that reveal key data to ensure the survival of their colonies.

Highlights

We separated our task into two main areas: detecting of the bee ‘waggle’ dance and decoding it using four intelligent methods.
These include recording live hive data, spatio-temporal clustering, action recognition, and action detection.
Users will have the opportunity to share their own applied innovation experiences by uploading captivating photos of visiting pollinators.

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