Wild Theremin: Wildlife Monitoring through Remote Microphone and Capacitance Sensors

Abstract

The study investigates the potential application of remotely controllable microphone and capacitance sensor for wildlife monitoring in ecological study. By using a remotely controllable microphone, observers are able to listen to the presence of unspecified target animals in a distant forest in real time. Furthermore, the capacitance sensor in musical instrument is able to detect the approaching animals around the microphone at the same time. This paper describes basic explanation and evaluation of the each methodology with discussing the pros and cons of traditional observation methods, widely used in ecological study.