Astro Acoustics News
Bitterns, in Stereo
12-11-2024
Analysis of data from an acoustic recorder on long-term deployment at a lagoon in the Tasmanian Midlands has revealed two Australisian Bitterns in residence.
The first recorder prototype
28-02-2024
The first production run of the prototype 8-microphone recorder at Definium Technologies is done! The next step is programming and testing...
Continue reading...Monitoring at The Quoin
28-03-2024
Read about a collaboration with The Quoin, a propert in the Tasmanian Midlands, where we're carrying out long-term acoustic monitoring in preparation for testing the prototype 8-microphone directional recorder.
Prototype testing at The QuoinA Churchill Fellowship
18-09-2023
I’m extremely grateful to the Churchill Fellowship Trust for awarding me a 2023 Fellowship. This will allow me to travel overseas to learn more about how to take my bio-acoustic recorder from a prototype to a fully fledged user-ready device for wildlife conservation.
That's what I call Astro Acoustics
28-05-2023
Here's a chat I had with with Kate Johnston for the That’s What I Call Science podcast on how Astro Acoutics got started and what I'm up to these days.
TWICS Episode 195: From stars to bats and bird-song
From distant space to earthly bats and bird-song, how is Dr Jim Lovell using his training in astrophysics to innovate how we track and locate wildlife? Join Dr Kate Johnson to hear how black holes are necessary for navigating on earth and how astrophysics techniques can be used to monitor animals by mapping sound (and why that matters).
Fantastic Beasts
29-08-2022
A presentation I gave at the Scintillometry Workshop 2022: "Fantastic Beasts and Where To Hear Them"