Project Noah
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Project Noah is a free mobile application that nature lovers can use to explore and document local wildlife and a common technology platform that research groups can use to harness the power of citizen scientists everywhere. "Noah" is an acronym for "networked organisms and habitats".
Now available worldwide as an iPhone
app in iTunes, Project Noah aims to become a common mobile platform for documenting the world's organisms. Beyond documentation, the iPhone app offers users an opportunity to participate in ongoing citizen science
research projects through specifically designed field missions and can be used as a location-based field guide
as well. All contributors are connected with an online community, bridging the documentation process.
The project's co-founder, Yasser Ansari, believes that "not only is there an educational need and an environmental need but a deep, deep human need for all of us to reconnect with our planet." Launched in 2009 with the mission of using fun and engaging technology solutions to help people reconnect with the planet. Project Noah is an award-winning mobile platform for wildlife exploration and citizen science. They're building a global network of nature observers and human earth monitors with the hope of one day becoming the go-to platform for documenting all the world's organisms. Today, the Project Noah community has contributors from over 55 countries and counting and our members have participated in a variety of missions ranging from documenting the impact of the Gulf Coast oil spill to sharing ladybug and squirrel sightings for ongoing research at major universities. They're currently partnered with National Geographic.
The project has featured by several noteworthy news sources including CNN, Brian Lehrer TV, New York Times, Slate, Gizmodo, US News, Make Magazine, TreeHugger, Council for the Internet of Things, IBM's Smarter Planet, GOOD.
Now available worldwide as an iPhone
IPhone
The iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007...
app in iTunes, Project Noah aims to become a common mobile platform for documenting the world's organisms. Beyond documentation, the iPhone app offers users an opportunity to participate in ongoing citizen science
Citizen science
Citizen science is a term used for the systematic collection and analysis of data; development of technology; testing of natural phenomena; and the dissemination of these activities by researchers on a primarily avocational basis...
research projects through specifically designed field missions and can be used as a location-based field guide
Field guide
A field guide is a book designed to help the reader identify wildlife or other objects of natural occurrence . It is generally designed to be brought into the 'field' or local area where such objects exist to help distinguish between similar objects...
as well. All contributors are connected with an online community, bridging the documentation process.
The project's co-founder, Yasser Ansari, believes that "not only is there an educational need and an environmental need but a deep, deep human need for all of us to reconnect with our planet." Launched in 2009 with the mission of using fun and engaging technology solutions to help people reconnect with the planet. Project Noah is an award-winning mobile platform for wildlife exploration and citizen science. They're building a global network of nature observers and human earth monitors with the hope of one day becoming the go-to platform for documenting all the world's organisms. Today, the Project Noah community has contributors from over 55 countries and counting and our members have participated in a variety of missions ranging from documenting the impact of the Gulf Coast oil spill to sharing ladybug and squirrel sightings for ongoing research at major universities. They're currently partnered with National Geographic.
The project has featured by several noteworthy news sources including CNN, Brian Lehrer TV, New York Times, Slate, Gizmodo, US News, Make Magazine, TreeHugger, Council for the Internet of Things, IBM's Smarter Planet, GOOD.