- Sanjana Shah and Aditya Shah are seniors at Monta Vista High School in Cupertino, California who have created a device for helping predict and prevent wildfires.
- Their device, dubbed the “Smart Wildfire Sensor,” captures photos of nearby fallen branches and leaves (known as “fuel”) and uses machine learning to categorize and determine wildfire threat levels.
- Today, forest crews do not have real-time fuel conditions because they have to send out teams to physically record this information.
- Sanjana and Aditya have entered their Smart Wildfire Sensor into Google‘s AI for Social Good program, which will provide $25 million in grant read more >>>
Source:: BusinessInsider.Com