Can old cell phones and machine learning help stop deforestation? The Tembé tribe from the central Amazon hopes so.
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In collaboration with Rainforest Connection, an environmental nonprofit, the Tembé are using old cell phones hidden in trees and TensorFlow, Google’s open-source machine learning tool, to listen for sounds of illegal logging. Learn more about the Tembé at http://g.co/rainforest and Rainforest Connection at https://rfcx.org/.

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Can Cell Phones Help Save Rain Forests? This Tribe Thinks So | Short Film Showcase
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