High-Tech Trash Clean-Up: Using Drones, AI To Detect SF Bay Garbage Hotspots

Paul Appleby with data analytics firm Kinetica and Dr. Tony Hale with the San Francisco Estuary Institute discuss how drones and artificial intelligence are helping track trash that finds its way into storm runoff. Interview with Maria Medina.

[lorahester]

You don’t need high tech, the trash is everywhere. Literally.

[justachipn]

PUT THIS THING TO WORK AT THE STATE CAPITAL !!!

[pip]

I wonder if they send out prior notice to residents that there will be a drone over head at low level, potentially looking into their property. Giving them a choice request that they reprogram the drone to black out their property. Otherwise would that not be invasion of privacy.