Podcast
The Future Fix: Dipping into water data
In this episode, we break down the tech behind water data platform DataStream with Mary Kruk and Steph Neufeld of EPCOR in Edmonton.
March 21, 2024
Podcast
May 31, 2024
The Future Fix: Fighting Wildfires with Drones and Video Games
By Evergreen and Spacing Radio
for the Community Solutions Network
We speak to Neal McLoughlin of the Predictive Services Unit at BC Wildfire Service and Moulay Akhloufi of Perception, Robotics and Intelligent Machines Lab at the University of Moncton
Wildfire season has already begun in Canada. Due to climate change, we are seeing more frequent and devastating fires. They choke the air, they decimate the landscape, and they displace people from their homes. So we have to fight them with everything we’ve got.
Neal McLoughlin is superintendent of the Predictive Services Unit at BC Wildfire Service. He tells us how AI and drone technology is helping to monitor, fight, and prevent forest fires.
And Moulay Akhloufi is a professor at the University of Moncton, where he heads their Perception, Robotics and Intelligent Machines Lab. He tells us how his team has been exploring every avenue available to detect wildfires, and predict how they’ll spread. That includes video games.
