At APRSAF-29 (the 29th Session of the Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum) held in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sony R&D made a presentation.
Forest fires in Southeast Asian countries, including Thailand, have become a serious social issue, causing destruction to ecosystems and health problems for residents.
Sony has been working on building a system for early detection of forest fires in mountainous areas existing communication, such as LTE, is out of range, by utilizing ELTRES™, which enables low-power and long-distance transmission, and Spresense, low-power IoT board.
In this presentation, we reported the results of a demonstration experiment conducted in the deep forests of northern Thailand, where PM2.5 was measured, and data transmission and reception were performed using ELTRES. We also demonstrated the forest fire evacuation advisory in the same area.
Lastly, I would like to share my impressions from participating in the event. By witnessing the challenges faced by Southeast Asia, such as air pollution, land subsidence and sea-level rise, crop yield prediction, and wildfires, I reaffirmed the importance of the Earth MIMAMORI Platform. It was also impressive to hear that strong collaboration between industry, academia, and government is for solving these challenges. Effective solutions combining Earth observation data from optical and SAR satellites with ground sensors such as GPS were also explored.
The Sony Group is conducting research and development towards the realization of the “Earth MIMAMORI Platform,” which utilizes sensing, edge AI, wide-area communication and predictive analysis technologies to visualize invisible changes globally and promote behavioral changes towards a sustainable global society.
For more information about Sony’s Earth MIMAMORI Platform, please visit: https://www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/research/projects/mimamori/
