Ash

What is Ash?

ASH is your AI Pocket Field Guide, designed to help kids really connect with and learn about all the amazing biodiversity right in their own backyards. It’s all about making nature discovery an adventure! Kids can use a simple point-and-click digital camera to snap photos of whatever life-forms they find. Then, the AI magically turns those pictures into cool, informative animal cards. The whole idea came about because of the growing concern over losing global biodiversity; ASH aims to teach children why protecting nature is so important and get them excited about exploring different species.

Who created Ash?

ASH, this AI Pocket Field Guide that’s a bit like a modern-day Pokedex, was actually created to help kids explore and protect biodiversity. FINH launched it on June 17, 2024, with the main goal of educating children about why protecting biodiversity matters. The way ASH works is pretty neat: it uses a modern point-and-click digital camera to capture life forms, and then converts them into informative animal cards. To make this happen, the device uses some pretty advanced tech, including SLS 3D printers and a Google Coral board for recognizing species.

What is Ash used for?

• It helps children connect with and learn about the biodiversity all around them.
• It gets kids actively involved in discovering nature.
• It teaches children why protecting global biodiversity is so important.
• It encourages kids to really notice, love, and protect the various creatures they encounter.
• It transforms photos taken by children into fact-filled animal cards.
• Kids can collect these animal cards from all sorts of different life-forms.
• Players get rewarded with collectible badges for their serious efforts in discovery.
• Parents can control the data that their children collect through the device.
• It was built using open technologies like SLS 3D printers and a Google Coral board for development.
• It runs on the iNaturalist dataset for species recognition.
• It helps children connect with and learn about biodiversity.
• It’s designed to protect the biodiversity that surrounds them.
• It encourages active nature discovery.
• Kids learn to notice, love, and protect various creatures.
• It encourages taking photos of life-forms.
• It transforms photos into fact-filled animal cards.
• It educates children on the importance of protecting biodiversity.
• It engages children through discovery-led play.
• It’s designed with controls for parents to supervise data collected by children.
• It uses cutting-edge technology like SLS 3D printers and a Coral board from Google for species recognition.
• It helps protect the biodiversity that surrounds children.
• It encourages active nature discovery in children.
• It uses AI to turn children’s photos into fact-filled animal cards.
• It engages children through a point-and-click digital camera mechanic.
• It provides a tool for children to take photos of life-forms around them.
• It creates a unique user interface for each animal card.
• It rewards players with collectible badges for taking discovery seriously.
• It enables parents to have control over the data collected by their children.
• It turns children’s photos into fact-filled animal cards.
• It engages children through hands-on, discovery-led play.
• It facilitates parents’ supervision over data collected by their children.
• It uses AI for species recognition.
• It’s designed for active nature discovery.
• It provides a modern point-and-click digital camera interaction.
• It aims to educate the new generation of ecology guardians.
• It helps protect global biodiversity.
• It engages children in hands-on discovery-led play.
• It encourages children to take photos of life-forms around them.
• It transforms photos into information-rich animal cards.
• It provides controls for parents to supervise data collected by children.
• It ensures safety and security for children interacting with ASH.
• It utilizes cutting-edge technology like SLS 3D printers and a Coral board from Google for species recognition.

Who is Ash for?

• Ecologists
• Biologists
• Parents
• Children’s educators

How to use Ash?

To get started with the ASH tool, here’s what you do:

1. First, introduce ASH to children as a digital pocket field guide, kind of like a Pokedex, that helps them explore and protect biodiversity.
2. Encourage kids to really dive into nature discovery using the ASH tool. Let them focus on the adventure and learning without distractions.
3. Make sure children are familiar with how the point-and-click digital camera built into ASH works.
4. Guide children to take photos of all sorts of life-forms they find – whether it’s pets at home, plants in the garden, or even rare bugs – using the digital camera.
5. Explain that ASH’s AI can instantly turn these photos into informative animal cards, packed with facts about whatever they’ve captured.
6. Motivate children to collect these digital animal cards as part of their ASH adventure and learning journey.
7. Point out the unique user interface for each animal card and mention the collectible badges that reward kids for their serious dedication to discovery.
8. It’s important to highlight that parents have access to controls to monitor the data their children collect with ASH, ensuring everything is safe.
9. Also, mention that the ASH device uses advanced tech like SLS 3D printers and a Google Coral board for species recognition, drawing from the iNaturalist dataset.

By following these steps, children can really use the ASH tool to explore, learn about, and protect the amazing biodiversity all around them.