These sensors are able to detect forest fires before they spread thanks to artificial intelligence.

Artificial intelligence can have millions of uses, even if we are not aware of it. The artificial intelligence that people think about the most is the one that produces content, but there are others with much more human tasks, like fire prevention. There are some sensors that work with artificial intelligence and are able to detect fires to prevent them from spreading and extinguish them as quickly as possible.

Every summer, fires have always been a recurring problem to some extent. For this reason, Dryad, a company focused on sustainability frameworks, owns low-cost sensors capable of detecting fires with a radius of half a hectare per unit. These systems, which are recharged by sunlight, are able to detect typical fire molecules, such as carbon monoxide.

We are experiencing some difficult years in terms of climate: the continuous rise in temperatures, the record-breaking heat we experienced this summer, recurring droughts, etc. Although most fires are intentional, all these elements facilitate the spread of fires and the emergence of much larger fires. For this reason, advances in this direction represent an important step in the field of nature conservation, such as emergency cases through satellite imagery.

The usual distortion of life in the contemporary world is to search for business models in the midst of technological progress. Let’s not deceive ourselves, the company “Dryad” that promotes these sensors also benefits from them, but the benefit of a breakthrough of this kind is greater than the benefit the company gets from such work.

The world has also made great strides in terms of sustainability, regarding companies. However, there is still a long way to go, as humans continue to emit massive amounts of carbon dioxide into the planet.