A 17-year-old just made poaching a lot less lucrative, and the elephants didn't even have to ask twice.
Teen invents award-winning device that can catch elephant poachers in real time
Anika Puri, now an MIT graduate, invented EISa at age 17: a low-cost AI tool using thermal cameras on drones to detect poachers with over 90% accuracy. Inspired by visits to India, she won the Peggy Scripps Award at ISEF 2022. Puri continues studying AI's societal impacts.
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