Microsoft's AI for Good Lab has unveiled Project SPARROW, an open-source project and AI-powered edge computing device to improve biodiversity monitoring.
Project SPARROW includes a solar-powered device equipped with advanced sensors to operate autonomously with minimal environmental impact.
Microsoft will open-source all aspects of SPARROW, allowing researchers, NGOs, and scientists to build, deploy, and adapt their own devices.
Microsoft plans to deploy its own SPARROW devices to various locations for testing and aims to have devices on every continent by the end of 2025.