Are Iot Devices Useful?

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iReporter: Are iot devices useful? Or weal lhey just make the problem worse. I get very scared about globel warming, because human behavior isn't necessarily one that will see a threat coming and then avoid it. We usually wait until the threat kicks us in the face, and then wer like, "Oh, we shouldn't do that any more" The level of extinction that we're saying is a thousand times higher than what we would consider just base line.

THIS IS UPLIFTING, I PROMISE. And it might just make you switch careers. As a bookend to last week's Oceanology episode, Conservation Technologist Shah Selbe chats about saving the planet with some well-intentioned technology. Wind turbines, solar cars, and all the ways in which sensors, drones, recycled smartphones and real-time data reporting can help conserve species, spaces and communities that are threatened. Hear inspiring tales of travel, art, adventure and putting engineering to good use from a former rocket-science turned professional do-gooder.

Also discussed: crocodile astrology, fishing vests and hippo power displays.

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