An electronic device, which is utilized at farms to prevent wild boar, birds, and vertebrate pests without causing harm, is now being used to maintain safety at airports throughout the country.
Numerous civilian and military airports are employing the bioacoustics technology, called e-Cannon, to protect planes. Bioacoustics is a scientific field that combines biology and acoustics.
Although the technology was developed by the All India Network Project on Vertebrate Pest Management wing of Prof Jayashankar Telangana State Agriculture University in Hyderabad, and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research – Central Arid Zone Research Institute in Jodhpur, the prototypes and manufacturing are being conducted by the city-based Gamyam Technologies.
Rajendra Prasad Adepu from Gamyam Technologies stated: “Currently, Indian airports and airfields are experiencing a significant rise in bird and animal strike incidents, which are considered one of the most dangerous threats to flight operations.”
The bioacoustics technology utilizes the natural sounds of predators, distress signals, and alarm calls of the target animals and closely related species.
This technology conveys a message of danger to the target animals invading fields, attempting to communicate the message (“this area is dangerous”) to the target animals in their own language. Calls are emitted in a field by utilizing an embedded solution (an electronic platform) with sound drivers.