Echo Meter Touch Bat Detector (app)
Order the Ultrasonic Module from Wildlife Acoustics and Discover Bats! Curriculum Guide (optional)
Download the corresponding app from Apple App Store.
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You can buy this tool from Wildlife Acoustics. The anticipated price range is $101 - $250.
| Description |
Echo Meter Touch is an innovative combination of hardware and software that lets you record and listen to bat calls in real-time – on your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch. Echo Meter Touch is an innovative combination of hardware and software that lets you record and listen to bat calls in real-time – on your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch. Built-in Kaleidoscope classifiers suggest the top bat species match in real-time. Data is displayed real-time via information-rich, highly configurable, full-color spectrograms. GPS enabled devices tag each recording with exact location. Recordings can easily be transferred to any computer for further analysis and reporting. This tool is recommended for lending libraries. |
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| Used by these projects | Acoustic Bat Monitoring |
| Ideal Age Group |
Elementary school (6 - 10 years), Middle school (11 - 13 years), High school (14 - 17 years), College, Graduate students, Adults, Families, Seniors
(Students simply plug the Echo Meter Touch module into the compatible iOS device (iPhone, iPod, iPad) via the lightning connector port and select "start" on the screen. From there, students will see bat echolocations on the screen if there are bats flying in the sky. If the user chooses to record, the app will identify bat species and keep the recordings in the app for analysis. The recorded files can be shared to other users or uploaded to a computer for analysis and reporting.) |
| Training | Learning materials are available online. |
| Size & weight |
Small: This tool would fit in a 6 inch cube. Less than 13oz (a full soda can weighs a little less than 13oz) |
| Expected lifetime | Should last more or less forever |
| Topics | Climate & Weather, Science Policy, Education, Nature & Outdoors, Animals, Computers & Technology, Sound, Biology, Ecology & Environment, Physics, Agriculture, Insects & Pollinators |
| Activities | On a hike, In the car, On a walk, run, At school, At a science center, zoo or aquarium, At night |
| Tool updated | June 25, 2017, 11:29 a.m. |
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