If a random tourist can easily find illegal loggers, there's no way the local authorities don't know about it. The issue at hand is not they don't hear it. The issue is either corruption or bureaucracy. At the macro level, it has to do with the economics of the location. If the local economy is poor, they may steal your cell phones and solar panels first.
Yes and no. They were "random" tourists and therefore would have always had a chance to stumble upon something. As for corruption, it's surely a massive factor. However, the rangers on the ground are still very inhibited by their inability to find the loggers. It's one layer that's being fixed here and it's being done effectively. Just because there are other layers to be tackled doesn't mean this one should be forgotten about.
Take away their incentive, most likely economic in this case, and the problem goes away. No need to worry about law enforcement and other layers which can be costly.
Great idea, I like it. I always kinda felt like the other way of recycling your phone is actually just you donating a box full of precious metals and rare earth elements to some company to up their profits. This is useful.
I think Topher White is very smart and imaginative and kind. thanks to his efforts, the number of illegal loggers will decrease. In addition, I'm interested in taking care of the environment. so this innovative invention is very good for the environment. Many people who love the environment would likely enjoy this video.😊
+elysetwichell Rainforest Connection 4 months ago If you want to donate your phone, you can send it to:Rainforest Connection 77 Van Ness Ave, Suite 101-1717 San Francisco, CA, 94102, USAAt the moment, we only use Android phones inside the RFCx devices. We intend to expand to other types of smartphones once we have the resources to support that development.Despite directions, people generally send whatever they have. That is perfectly ok, because if we can't use it... we now have a partner that will turn it to cash that we can put directly into our pilot programs. That's a big help.In the meantime, non-Android phones (flip-phones, Blackberry, Windows Phone, iPhone, etc) that are received can be also used for testing or to equip rangers on the ground and other local partners we work with.If you send something, please be sure to include your name, e-mail address, so we can stay in touch.
Those ideas change the world. He must feel incredibly fulfilled, knowing that he contributed siginificantly to the greater good of humanity and nature. Hats off. I just fear that it won't be a long lasting solution. There are easy ways around it.
He's a genious! His proposal to solve deforestation seems to be simple and direct :D Congratulations! Your success is a motivation for people like me whose dream is to create innovative solutions for the environmental pollution challenge!
Topher White We as Humanity Thank You, the Trees Thank You, the many Species of Creatures for whom the Raiforest is Home Thanks you, and the Planet 🌎 as a Living Breathing Entity is so Grateful for your ingenuity - for your problem solving - and for taking the time to notice, to Care about All Life and tô take Action! 🌈✨💜
I'm glad he's saving the forest and protecting what resources we have on this planet. I'm also glad that he's promoting the law as well. But having seen the poor parts of Indonesia, I really hope those loggers are able to find another way to make a living.
Listening to your speech, I was impressed by the wonderful idea. I will make sure to keep in mind that I can protect the rainforest thanks to your idea. I look forward to protecting the Earth's environment with other ideas in the future. I learned that everything can be achieved only by starting with small thoughts and practicing them. Your speech and your appearance were the best I could ever want to emulate!😊
+Daniel El Kadi Rainforest Connection 4 months ago If you want to donate your phone, you can send it to:Rainforest Connection 77 Van Ness Ave, Suite 101-1717 San Francisco, CA, 94102, USAAt the moment, we only use Android phones inside the RFCx devices. We intend to expand to other types of smartphones once we have the resources to support that development.Despite directions, people generally send whatever they have. That is perfectly ok, because if we can't use it... we now have a partner that will turn it to cash that we can put directly into our pilot programs. That's a big help.In the meantime, non-Android phones (flip-phones, Blackberry, Windows Phone, iPhone, etc) that are received can be also used for testing or to equip rangers on the ground and other local partners we work with.If you send something, please be sure to include your name, e-mail address, so we can stay in touch.
This awkward moment when you realize that even old cell phones would've been stolen in your country, and illegal loggers just pay guards for the silence... The forest where I often used to go for a walk was cut down one night, and nobody said a word about it. I am not a wild animal, but I felt like losing a home. I'm happy to see that it works somewhere else though. Not everything's lost.
Well human dictionary I appreciate you're trying to help but I'm using the mid western American colloquial version of the word. Which means cool, interesting, impressive, fun and so on. So in my use of the term this talk is awesome.
He said that there was no technological improvement, however i see a lot of it ! He crafted a new system with solar panel an all; when i heard him say that he was forcing himself to use what was already there, i thought they would come up with some sort of new patrolling way for the guards or something like that. So i think it's kind of a fail on that level but only in the speech he made, because the method is in fact very good and saves a lot of effort (nobody has to move around searching stuff or climbing trees to set up the phones) all they have to do is to install it on the tree !!
I wonder ... So how do they know which direction to look at? Phones tend to have a single microphone and I suppose you can use a device on the ground or listen really closely to find the direction. However, would it be possible to integrate more microphones from other recycled devices into the current solution to produce a directional alert? Something like "chainsaw noise detected towards the west." Those can be made into modules that connect through the USB interface making it easier to install them on devices being maintained in the field (say a phone dies for some reason so you get a replacement while you take the dead one out for maintenance) Another thing I can see happening is people scouting the protected areas and taking the phones down. I think that it would be worth it to have additional alerts like "lost height" or "unauthorized location change" for when the devices are moved. I reckon a periodic signal that produces an alert when interrupted would also be nice to check if the phone is dead, needs maintenance, or is destroyed.
Could you use multiple of the 'mobile detectors' to triangulate the origin of the sound based on the signals amplitude? Or is hearing it from one location good enough? Good idea, rainforests are rather important.
+TheDajamster Rainforest Connection 4 months ago If you want to donate your phone, you can send it to:Rainforest Connection 77 Van Ness Ave, Suite 101-1717 San Francisco, CA, 94102, USAAt the moment, we only use Android phones inside the RFCx devices. We intend to expand to other types of smartphones once we have the resources to support that development.Despite directions, people generally send whatever they have. That is perfectly ok, because if we can't use it... we now have a partner that will turn it to cash that we can put directly into our pilot programs. That's a big help.In the meantime, non-Android phones (flip-phones, Blackberry, Windows Phone, iPhone, etc) that are received can be also used for testing or to equip rangers on the ground and other local partners we work with.If you send something, please be sure to include your name, e-mail address, so we can stay in touch.
wouldn't be better to place a 360° sound capturing system at the ranger station that searches for chainsaw sound. should be possible to pinpoint general direction of the source of the chainsaw sound.
How epic, guys! Do the microphones send which direction the sounds come from, allocating more fine-tuned data? Meaning, gaining a 3D print, or can you or do you collect this data from using the multiple microphones you have positioned? Is this even a topic or concern? 🙏🏻 Tommyboiii 🕺🏼
Its a very good idea however it needs three improvments. 1) the phones need to be able to be air dropped. How else are you going to cover the amazon jungle. Theres cases of people trying to walk out taking years to do it. 2) the system must allow for intergration of gps with sound so that triangulation can be used effectivly. 3) allowing the phones to transmit alerts to each other in a chain so that connection with exsisting networks can be used whilst allowing each phone to act as repeaters for thoughs which are deeper in the forest and thus out of range. Solve these issues. Which i admit arnt hard. And the system will work...
OnlyKnowsGod You don't have to cover the entire Amazon. He even covered your criticism in the video suggesting that the primary locations, as well as needs, is along the periphery of development. Precisely where they would receive good reception too.
monkeytrollu _"yeah its not like loggers will go 200 km into the jungle would they?"_ Not illegal loggers. Small outfits of illegal loggers don't usually go that deep into the jungle because of the enormity of the cost. No pre-existing infrastructure equates to astronomical energy demands just getting into and out of the deep jungle. That is exactly why most illegal logging occurs *along the periphery of development* . You don't seem to have actually listened to what he was saying in the video...
Wow smash these bad boys up all over the worlds rainforests! and we should at the same time try to presuade and help the illigal wood cutters to make something else for a living!
Hopefully the tree the device is attached to isn't cut down and that illegal loggers begin tracking these devices and eliminating them before any good can be done.
Yo creo que los gobiernos de los países mas industrializados y poderosos tienen la tecnología para salvar los bosques, el agua dulce,el planeta en general. ¿La pregunta es por que no lo están haciendo?
Who's paying for the trees? This is like most modern medicine, find a way to cure the symptom (loggers), without addressing the root cause, the buyers.
They wont show up THERE again, doesn't mean they wont do it again they will just move elsewhere. It's a good plan when put into full effect but its not the answer.
If you want to solve the issue of illegal logging then you need to remove the symptoms that make it lucrative and in many places, the only way to make any real money.
이게 왜 학교 내신🤨🤨
Good learning material
Thank you Topher White! Your an amazing young man, your parents must be so proud!
Wow..simplicity with huge consequences,utterly heart filling!
Thank you so much.
If a random tourist can easily find illegal loggers, there's no way the local authorities don't know about it.
The issue at hand is not they don't hear it. The issue is either corruption or bureaucracy.
At the macro level, it has to do with the economics of the location.
If the local economy is poor, they may steal your cell phones and solar panels first.
Yes and no. They were "random" tourists and therefore would have always had a chance to stumble upon something. As for corruption, it's surely a massive factor. However, the rangers on the ground are still very inhibited by their inability to find the loggers.
It's one layer that's being fixed here and it's being done effectively. Just because there are other layers to be tackled doesn't mean this one should be forgotten about.
Take away their incentive, most likely economic in this case, and the problem goes away. No need to worry about law enforcement and other layers which can be costly.
mhtinla There's always going to be demand for wood and it will always be cheaper to log it illegally.
Not true.There's always going to be demand for air, so it will always be cheaper to breath it illegally?
mhtinla Can you breath air illegally? No. Do you have to pay for air? No. Can you log illegally? Yes. Do you have to pay for wood? Yes.
This is a great idea, good job Topher, we needed you.
I had no idea that 90% of all deforestation practice was illegal. Goddamn.
in fact 겁나 많이 나옴
Watching this young man and his presentation makes me feel proud of humanity. Seems like we as people are taking a good turn for the future.
Great idea, I like it. I always kinda felt like the other way of recycling your phone is actually just you donating a box full of precious metals and rare earth elements to some company to up their profits. This is useful.
You are a wonderful person.
Thank you for protecting thr rainforest.
Topher White drinking game: Have a drink every time he says "In fact"
I think Topher White is very smart and imaginative and kind. thanks to his efforts, the number of illegal loggers will decrease.
In addition, I'm interested in taking care of the environment. so this innovative invention is very good for the environment.
Many people who love the environment would likely enjoy this video.😊
I'm Indonesian and I thank you for this!
ur country and goverment should stop corruption :( please help
Where can I donate my phone to this? Does it have to be a smart phone?
+elysetwichell Rainforest Connection 4 months ago
If you want to donate your phone, you can send it to:Rainforest Connection
77 Van Ness Ave, Suite 101-1717
San Francisco, CA, 94102, USAAt the moment, we only use Android phones inside the RFCx devices. We intend to expand to other types of smartphones once we have the resources to support that development.Despite directions, people generally send whatever they have. That is perfectly ok, because if we can't use it... we now have a partner that will turn it to cash that we can put directly into our pilot programs. That's a big help.In the meantime, non-Android phones (flip-phones, Blackberry, Windows Phone, iPhone, etc) that are received can be also used for testing or to equip rangers on the ground and other local partners we work with.If you send something, please be sure to include your name, e-mail address, so we can stay in touch.
@@kikiperry4924 I have a old Motorola phone,I want to donate it
Wow! That's freakin' awesome!
There is still hope my good man
Why is cell phone service so good in the rainforest? So the local authority can inform the loggers when someone is out to get them.
Those ideas change the world. He must feel incredibly fulfilled, knowing that he contributed siginificantly to the greater good of humanity and nature. Hats off.
I just fear that it won't be a long lasting solution. There are easy ways around it.
best talk iv seen for a long time
This guy and his team really deserves an award for there super crazy mind blowing eco friendly idea.
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He's a genious! His proposal to solve deforestation seems to be simple and direct :D Congratulations! Your success is a motivation for people like me whose dream is to create innovative solutions for the environmental pollution challenge!
Topher White We as Humanity Thank You, the Trees Thank You, the many Species of Creatures for whom the Raiforest is Home Thanks you, and the Planet 🌎 as a Living Breathing Entity is so Grateful for your ingenuity - for your problem solving - and for taking the time to notice, to Care about All Life and tô take Action! 🌈✨💜
I'm glad he's saving the forest and protecting what resources we have on this planet. I'm also glad that he's promoting the law as well. But having seen the poor parts of Indonesia, I really hope those loggers are able to find another way to make a living.
It is really fascinating. I appreciated him. Because he is very young in order to make this invention. Shortly I recommend to watch all of you.
Fantastic ideas ....already working to save the forests...well done.I can see his network growing.
I love this guy.
currently working on a similar project in kenya
Cool and innovative! Much Respect to this guy!
thank you so much for sharıng
Listening to your speech, I was impressed by the wonderful idea. I will make sure to keep in mind that I can protect the rainforest thanks to your idea. I look forward to protecting the Earth's environment with other ideas in the future. I learned that everything can be achieved only by starting with small thoughts and practicing them. Your speech and your appearance were the best I could ever want to emulate!😊
thats amazing
Wow best solution ever
Brilliant!! very inspiring!
Please tell us how we (the viewers) can participate in this important cause.
+Daniel El Kadi Rainforest Connection 4 months ago
If you want to donate your phone, you can send it to:Rainforest Connection
77 Van Ness Ave, Suite 101-1717
San Francisco, CA, 94102, USAAt the moment, we only use Android phones inside the RFCx devices. We intend to expand to other types of smartphones once we have the resources to support that development.Despite directions, people generally send whatever they have. That is perfectly ok, because if we can't use it... we now have a partner that will turn it to cash that we can put directly into our pilot programs. That's a big help.In the meantime, non-Android phones (flip-phones, Blackberry, Windows Phone, iPhone, etc) that are received can be also used for testing or to equip rangers on the ground and other local partners we work with.If you send something, please be sure to include your name, e-mail address, so we can stay in touch.
This awkward moment when you realize that even old cell phones would've been stolen in your country, and illegal loggers just pay guards for the silence... The forest where I often used to go for a walk was cut down one night, and nobody said a word about it. I am not a wild animal, but I felt like losing a home. I'm happy to see that it works somewhere else though. Not everything's lost.
This is great and only the beginning of an idea that can be built upon.
Awesome innovative idea it really is, but how come the fires in the amazon have increased in 2019 by over 80%?
Samsung phones, sadly.
Intentionally set fires under a bad President? Also due to global warming maybe?
Well clearing forests with fire for farming is a normal practice in Brazil.
🙏 hats off to you ❤️
Go Topher!!
The best thing after centuries.....
Save Our Planet through Sharing, Justice and Peace for all.
This is awesome!
Well human dictionary I appreciate you're trying to help but I'm using the mid western American colloquial version of the word. Which means cool, interesting, impressive, fun and so on. So in my use of the term this talk is awesome.
True story. Cheers.
He said that there was no technological improvement, however i see a lot of it !
He crafted a new system with solar panel an all; when i heard him say that he was forcing himself to use what was already there, i thought they would come up with some sort of new patrolling way for the guards or something like that.
So i think it's kind of a fail on that level but only in the speech he made, because the method is in fact very good and saves a lot of effort (nobody has to move around searching stuff or climbing trees to set up the phones) all they have to do is to install it
on the tree !!
This is amazing.
Props to this kid for at least trying.. Where can I send my phone that this kid will be able to use it I've got like three phones I can send him now
Very cool!
What's the cost for each cellphone communication service? Could be 5RM monthly? about 1u$s ?
Topher White le saluda desde Ecuador Sudamérica i m José Añapa
very great idea i think!
Take a shot every time he says "but in fact"
Mash Allah brother that’s a genius idea.
Great efforts👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
You just saved the world!!!!!
I wonder ...
So how do they know which direction to look at? Phones tend to have a single microphone and I suppose you can use a device on the ground or listen really closely to find the direction. However, would it be possible to integrate more microphones from other recycled devices into the current solution to produce a directional alert? Something like "chainsaw noise detected towards the west." Those can be made into modules that connect through the USB interface making it easier to install them on devices being maintained in the field (say a phone dies for some reason so you get a replacement while you take the dead one out for maintenance)
Another thing I can see happening is people scouting the protected areas and taking the phones down. I think that it would be worth it to have additional alerts like "lost height" or "unauthorized location change" for when the devices are moved. I reckon a periodic signal that produces an alert when interrupted would also be nice to check if the phone is dead, needs maintenance, or is destroyed.
Could you use multiple of the 'mobile detectors' to triangulate the origin of the sound based on the signals amplitude? Or is hearing it from one location good enough? Good idea, rainforests are rather important.
nice
I believe it is a good idea, but what can it be done for local people to not steal cellphones?
is there a way we can get involved?
What an awesome man :)
Brilliant
Does anyone know how to support his work or send their cell phone? ❤️🙏🏼❤️
Hello
So where do we send the cell phones?
+TheDajamster Rainforest Connection 4 months ago
If you want to donate your phone, you can send it to:Rainforest Connection
77 Van Ness Ave, Suite 101-1717
San Francisco, CA, 94102, USAAt the moment, we only use Android phones inside the RFCx devices. We intend to expand to other types of smartphones once we have the resources to support that development.Despite directions, people generally send whatever they have. That is perfectly ok, because if we can't use it... we now have a partner that will turn it to cash that we can put directly into our pilot programs. That's a big help.In the meantime, non-Android phones (flip-phones, Blackberry, Windows Phone, iPhone, etc) that are received can be also used for testing or to equip rangers on the ground and other local partners we work with.If you send something, please be sure to include your name, e-mail address, so we can stay in touch.
wouldn't be better to place a 360° sound capturing system at the ranger station that searches for chainsaw sound. should be possible to pinpoint general direction of the source of the chainsaw sound.
oooo, shiny
you should design those devices to continue working while the gibbons are wearing them as hats
+MonkeyKong LMAO... good one
Cool!
How epic, guys! Do the microphones send which direction the sounds come from, allocating more fine-tuned data? Meaning, gaining a 3D print, or can you or do you collect this data from using the multiple microphones you have positioned? Is this even a topic or concern? 🙏🏻 Tommyboiii 🕺🏼
theyre gonna climb up those trees and steal your sensors faster than you can replace them
ill try to make a charity when im older
I'm looking for the address to send our cell phones.
y si antes de talar se dan a la tarea de quitarlos ?
It's like ShotSpotter for chainsaws.
hey what if the people doing the illegal logging have a devise to interfere with the signal, what would be done?
Why is there better celllphone service in the the forest in the middle of nowhere, than in my town???
What would have happened if the logger was cutting down the tree with the cellphone attached?
so whos gonna pay for the phone bills???
Its a very good idea however it needs three improvments.
1) the phones need to be able to be air dropped. How else are you going to cover the amazon jungle. Theres cases of people trying to walk out taking years to do it.
2) the system must allow for intergration of gps with sound so that triangulation can be used effectivly.
3) allowing the phones to transmit alerts to each other in a chain so that connection with exsisting networks can be used whilst allowing each phone to act as repeaters for thoughs which are deeper in the forest and thus out of range.
Solve these issues. Which i admit arnt hard. And the system will work...
OnlyKnowsGod You don't have to cover the entire Amazon. He even covered your criticism in the video suggesting that the primary locations, as well as needs, is along the periphery of development. Precisely where they would receive good reception too.
monkeytrollu _"yeah its not like loggers will go 200 km into the jungle would they?"_
Not illegal loggers. Small outfits of illegal loggers don't usually go that deep into the jungle because of the enormity of the cost. No pre-existing infrastructure equates to astronomical energy demands just getting into and out of the deep jungle. That is exactly why most illegal logging occurs *along the periphery of development* . You don't seem to have actually listened to what he was saying in the video...
ErgoCogita I believe we are both in agreement. Dont know why you said that.
monkeytrollu
ah, I thought you were trying to be sarcastic in your statement. Sorry about that. :)
ErgoCogita Only an idiot would be sarcastic in text without saying it is sarcasm or making it so insanely stupid. *NOT SARCASM*
I proud to be a ra member. I also spread this to world .best wishes from my Channel
You sir deserve a fucking medal!!
every time he says "in fact" you have to take a drink.
How does deforestation account for more greenhouse gas?
I just found it, forest store carbon monoxide, this is released when the forest is cut down.
@@williamgibbs322 But that is not the main cause. atleast not what i read on multiple site. Its because of the trees storing the carbon.
Borneo!
TWO problems solved.
Not convinced.
Wow smash these bad boys up all over the worlds rainforests! and we should at the same time try to presuade and help the illigal wood cutters to make something else for a living!
would like to participate
my momma always used to say 'don't nevah trust no man called Topher. It ain't right.'
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시험범위라니...
how much would it cost a manufacturer to make these boxes?
Hopefully the tree the device is attached to isn't cut down and that illegal loggers begin tracking these devices and eliminating them before any good can be done.
I really wish they would stop showing TEDx's on this TED channel and instead make a TEDx channel for them.
This device will definitely saved my country from illegal operators in destroying our forest.
What about the radiation due to phone???
its not your phones that will stop logging, its ending poverty...
Yo creo que los gobiernos de los países mas industrializados y poderosos tienen la tecnología para salvar los bosques, el agua dulce,el planeta en general. ¿La pregunta es por que no lo están haciendo?
suddenly a stranger interrupted the locals. are you kidding me?
Who's paying for the trees? This is like most modern medicine, find a way to cure the symptom (loggers), without addressing the root cause, the buyers.
They wont show up THERE again, doesn't mean they wont do it again they will just move elsewhere. It's a good plan when put into full effect but its not the answer.
If you want to solve the issue of illegal logging then you need to remove the symptoms that make it lucrative and in many places, the only way to make any real money.
Its the blue's clues guy
37 people who disliked are illegal loggers
What happens when you find someone cutting a tree?
I can only assume that they are arrested. Though it sounds like the two they caught were just kicked out.