Ed Baker FLS ARCS
Interdisciplinary researcher using sensor networks and acoustics to monitor biodiversity and environments.
Latest publications
- A Gateway to Nature: The Urban Research Station at London's Natural History Museum
- Catalysts for change: Museum gardens in a planetary emergency
- Bioacoustic and Ecoacoustic Data in Audiovisual Core
- Good practice guidelines for long-term ecoacoustic monitoring in the UK
Latest blog posts
- Architecture of ws-camerad
- Rotating a Pi Camera Feed 90° with ws-camerad
- Why Environmental Monitoring on Edge Devices Needs a Better Software Architecture
- Switching Pi NoIR Camera Profiles at Runtime — Without Restarting Anything
- Support for the DS1821 Thermometer on Raspberry Pi
Talks
- 10/10/2025 - TDWG 2025
- 15/05/2025 - Urban Nature Network: Bioacoustics and Ecoacoustics
- 22/04/2025 - Urban Research Station launch
- 03/03/2025 - Impacts of Urban Noise
- 22/01/2025 - Acoustics research at the Natural History Museum
Notes
- Prophalangopsis obscura (Walker, 1869)
- Acoustics figures
- Annotations
- Axmouth to Lyme Regis Undercliff
Some thoughts on
ws-camerad
ws-camerad is a camera daemon for Raspberry Pi that captures frames from CSI or USB cameras and distributes them to multiple consumers. It is part of the Wildlife Systems suite of tools for sensor networks.
Relevant blog posts
- Architecture of ws-camerad (2026-02-22)
- Rotating a Pi Camera Feed 90° with ws-camerad (2026-02-21)
- Switching Pi NoIR Camera Profiles at Runtime — Without Restarting Anything (2026-02-17)