Very impressive, Stephen. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505
505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Tue, May 25, 2021, 12:23 PM Stephen Guerin <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't think drones aren't an efficient choice for detection. Stationary > PTZ cameras on ridgetops and citizen phone camera reporting along with 911 > calls are soon enough. Where drones are valuable preliminary mapping to > fill in gaps of existing camera viewsheds to get an early sizeup. > > We are working with www.alertwildfire.org to calibrate their 1000 cameras > on the ridgetops in the 5 western states of CA, OR, WA, ID and NV. Our bit > is solving for camera pose based on observations of stars to solve for the > 9 degrees of freedom of a camera (x, y, z, yaw, pitch, roll, horiz field of > view, vert field of view and lens distortion) > > You can see a map of the cameras that we have robotic control of hear with > historical imagery: > > http://www.alertwildfire.org/tahoe/index.html?camera=Axis-SodaRidge1&v=7a7f1c3 > > Once a camera is calibrated each pixel maps to a lat/long if it intersects > the terrain or triangulating 3D points with multiple cameras for sky-based > features. > > You can see how we detect locations of fire starts after lightning strikes > on the LNU Complex last summer in Sonama here: > https://youtu.be/oVAwvs4k1n0 > > All compute and modeling/sim is in the browser with the camera projections > using WebGL and rendering to 3D terrain. > > And how we track perimeters on this example Adams Fire here: > https://youtu.be/lP7-UhZQ4IY > > And here is some live AI looking for smoke in Sonoma that we then map: > https://fire.aiir.ai/sonoma > > We can also calibrate ad hoc imagery coming from citizens based on common > features in already calibrated images or by geopoints or the stars. Here's > an example on the Maria Fire where we took imagery from Twitter from a > private pilot and a second imager from citizen near the freeway. > https://youtu.be/aJpgDzFhXng > > _______________________________________________________________________ > [email protected] <[email protected]> > CEO, Simtable http://www.simtable.com > 1600 Lena St #D1, Santa Fe, NM 87505 > office: (505)995-0206 mobile: (505)577-5828 > twitter: @simtable > z <http://zoom.com/j/5055775828>oom.simtable.com > > > On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 11:54 AM Pieter Steenekamp < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> from wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_biology >> >> *Synthetic biology* (*SynBio*) is a multidisciplinary area of research >> that seeks to create new biological parts, devices, and systems, or to >> redesign systems that are already found in nature. >> >> It is a branch of science that encompasses a broad range of methodologies >> from various disciplines, such as biotechnology >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biotechnology>, genetic engineering >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_engineering>, molecular biology >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular_biology>, molecular engineering >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular_engineering>, systems biology >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_biology>, membrane science >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_lipid_bilayer>, biophysics >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biophysics>, chemical and biological >> engineering <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_engineering>, >> electrical >> and computer engineering >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_engineering>, control >> engineering <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_engineering> and >> evolutionary >> biology <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_biology>. >> >> Due to more powerful genetic engineering >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_engineering> capabilities and >> decreased DNA synthesis and sequencing costs >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_sequencing>, the field of synthetic >> biology is rapidly growing. In 2016, more than 350 companies across 40 >> countries were actively engaged in synthetic biology applications; all >> these companies had an estimated net worth of $3.9 billion in the global >> market.[1] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_biology#cite_note-1> >> >> On Tue, 25 May 2021 at 19:49, Merle Lefkoff <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Marcus, I don't understand your term "synthetic biology." >>> >>> On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 10:24 AM Marcus Daniels <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> So we move from chemical engineering to synthetic biology. There will >>>> always be mistakes. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *From:* Friam <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Merle Lefkoff >>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 25, 2021 10:05 AM >>>> *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group < >>>> [email protected]> >>>> *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Drones to detect wildfires >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Marcus, we've been "experimenting" with our terrestrial biome for at >>>> least 10-12,000 years (when the first spade hit the ground). The time for >>>> more experiments is over....unless they are experiments that help us >>>> understand even more deeply how to restore the Mycelium networks so that >>>> the fungi can solve our climate change challenge. This is perhaps the most >>>> important task that will save us from extinction. See Merlin Sheldrake's >>>> book, "Entangled Life" for explanation. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 8:41 AM Marcus Daniels <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> We won’t realize anything unless the experiments happen. We may not >>>> learn from experiments, but that is a different issue than the need for the >>>> experiments. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *From:* Friam <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Steve Smith >>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 25, 2021 7:46 AM >>>> *To:* [email protected] >>>> *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Drones to detect wildfires >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> My father dedicated his life to "forest management" as a professional >>>> forester, trained in biology and range/timber management. He retired >>>> "early" after 30 years somewhat in disgust over the changing of aesthetics >>>> and perspectives of the United States Forest Service. He was dedicated >>>> and loyal to the spirit of Aldo Leopold and other early conservationists. >>>> He spent multiple multi-week segments every summer leading (most Zuni and >>>> Hopi native) fire-crews on the West Coast trying ot protec homes and >>>> "valuable timber". We lived on the edge of the first Wilderness (Gila) >>>> created (at the behest of Aldo Leopold) for 2/3 of my growing up years. >>>> My father died 10 years ago (Alzheimers), was cremated, and we (illegall) >>>> spread his cremains in the heart of the Gila with a minor amount of guilt >>>> as he was a (nearly) strict rule follower (yet asked for this). Within >>>> the year, a serious wildfire complex converged at almost the exact spot we >>>> scattered him (woooOoooooo!). >>>> >>>> Even my Trump-voting (2016) sister and husband are now acknowledging >>>> that his life/profession were dedicated to a project that was fundamentally >>>> "unwise". They *were* (for the most part) doing the best they knew how. >>>> Most everything they did (from stopping wildfires at the first opportunity) >>>> to running dual bulldozers across landscapes with a chain between them to >>>> clear the juniper trees from a landscape to allow more grass (for cattle) >>>> to grow was "well intended", but it was *range* and *timber* management not >>>> "grassland" and "forest" management as they called it. The goal was to >>>> maximize the "productivity" of the public lands under their management >>>> (dept of Agriculture_. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM dept of >>>> Interior) was know to be *worse* in the sense that their rules on cattle >>>> and mining were much less careful of protecting the landscape and biome. >>>> The National Parks were derided by both the Forest Service and the BLM for >>>> being "much too restrictive" (no "harvesting of resources"!!!!) >>>> >>>> And yet NOW we realize how "unwise" all of that was. But in the same >>>> breath we suggest that all of our exploitative depradations of the planet's >>>> "resources" are necessary and possibly "a really good thing"... and I am >>>> sure that in another 20 or 50 years we will be lamenting *all* of the >>>> things that today we are promoting wholeheartedly in the name of >>>> "progress". >>>> >>>> This is part of how I became a neo-Luddite. >>>> >>>> - Steve >>>> >>>> On 5/25/21 2:50 AM, Pieter Steenekamp wrote: >>>> >>>> Let's hope they are a bit more wise in managing the wildfires in the >>>> future than they were in the 20th century. >>>> >>>> >>>> https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/14/california-fire-suppression-forests-tinderbox >>>> >>>> Before this unprecedented era of mega-blazes on the US west coast, >>>> California’s forests had a canny, ingenious way of avoiding destructive >>>> worst-case forest fire scenarios. By periodically removing the grasses, >>>> shrubs and young trees – known as the forest understory – California >>>> <https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/california> avoided fires growing >>>> to destructive intensities before the 20th century. The way this was done? >>>> Fire. >>>> >>>> Every five to 15 years, groundfires would burn through the forest, >>>> killing off the undergrowth on a regular basis, thus removing the material >>>> that can act as tinder and kindle fires. Such groundfires were sparked by >>>> lightning or by indigenous people who used sophisticated burning practices >>>> to facilitate crop growing and hunting. Because the fires occurred >>>> frequently, the understory rarely had time to build up enough combustible >>>> material for the fires to reach the canopies of the mature trees – which is >>>> what causes the large, devastating fires we are seeing now. As a result, >>>> overstory trees might get wounded by the groundfires, but they would rarely >>>> get killed. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, 25 May 2021 at 10:22, Jochen Fromm <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Due to climate change there will be more and more wildfires in >>>> California, Arizona and New Mexico in the coming years. Drones could help >>>> to detect wildfires early. >>>> >>>> >>>> https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/sensors/remote-sensing/drones-sensors-wildfire-detection >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -J. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . >>>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>>> Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam >>>> un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>>> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >>>> archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . >>>> >>>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>>> >>>> Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam >>>> >>>> un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>>> >>>> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >>>> >>>> archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >>>> >>>> - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . >>>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>>> Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam >>>> un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>>> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >>>> archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D. >>>> Center for Emergent Diplomacy >>>> emergentdiplomacy.org >>>> >>>> Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA >>>> >>>> >>>> mobile: (303) 859-5609 >>>> skype: merle.lelfkoff2 >>>> >>>> twitter: @merle110 >>>> >>>> >>>> - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . >>>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>>> Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam >>>> un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>>> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >>>> archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D. >>> Center for Emergent Diplomacy >>> emergentdiplomacy.org >>> Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA >>> >>> mobile: (303) 859-5609 >>> skype: merle.lelfkoff2 >>> twitter: @merle110 >>> >>> - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . >>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>> Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam >>> un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >>> archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >>> >> - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam >> un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >> archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >> > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >
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