Citizen Scientists and AI Help Save the Whales - iQ by Intel

Conservationists use data collecting technologies and artificial intelligence to turn whale watching into scientific research, gathering photos of whale encounters from citizen scientists to help protect the mammals. After centuries of whaling and habitat destruction, saving whales is one of modern science's great ambitions. Researchers are turning to technology like artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing and crowd sourced data to better understand and protect these magnificent, mysterious creatures. Increasingly, research biologists use digital technologies to help track, document and analyze animal populations and their migrations. The technology even enables weekend whale watchers to become citizen scientists in whale tracking.