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io/book/) # Engineering solutions for global challenges Tech for good across three pillars: wildlife conservation, social impact, and innovation. We're a non-profit foundation working alongside rangers, NGOs and communities worldwide. Where our technology makes a difference — from wildlife rangers in remote national parks to local communities.

01 ## Conservation Anti-poaching, wildlife monitoring and human-wildlife coexistence — built with rangers, NGOs and research partners on the ground. Explore conservation 02 ## Social impact Tech serving people — from VR experiences for elderly care to digital interventions tackling youth violence.

See community projects 03 ## Innovation New concepts that prove what's possible — affordable medical devices, autonomous drones, immersive humanitarian training.

Explore innovation ## Technology that protects wildlife Most of our conservation work happens in protected areas across the globe — places where rangers patrol thousands of square kilometres without cell coverage, where poachers move silently at night, and where an elephant or a brown bear stepping into a village can change lives in seconds.

We build the hardware and software that ranger teams, NGOs and research institutions rely on in exactly those conditions. Solar-powered, satellite-connected, ruggedized for heat, dust, rain and curious wildlife — and refined every season by the people who actually use it in the field. The result is a small set of three field-proven platforms — and the deployments that prove them.

Three field-proven platforms, deployed in collaboration with our conservation partners worldwide. Product ### ScannerEdge Passive radio-frequency detection that warns rangers about people in places they shouldn't be. Explore ScannerEdge Product ### Instant Detect Protect wildlife faster, smarter, anywhere — AI camera traps that send images via satellite, in near-real-time.

Explore Instant Detect Product ### Smart Deterrent An AI-triggered, non-lethal deterrent that keeps wildlife — and the people sharing their landscape — out of harm's way. Explore Smart Deterrent ### Featured conservation projects From RF-based anti-poaching detection in Zambia to AI camera traps in the Gabon rainforest.

Amazon, Brazil · 2026 ### Real-time monitoring of illegal logging in the Amazon Cameras deep in the Amazon rainforest that detect movement and send the images straight on, so Indigenous Forest Guardians can intervene before large stretches of protected forest disappear.

Romania · 2026 ### Real-time bear monitoring with WWF Romania 4G cameras with a two-stage AI pipeline that recognise brown bears in real time and push the detections straight into the Sensing Clues platform. Vancouver, Canada · 2026 ### Real-time wolf monitoring during denning season AI cameras watching wolf families through denning season — giving ecologists data on the most sensitive time of year without ever entering the territory.

All conservation projects → ## Technology serving people "Tech for good" doesn't always live in a national park. Sometimes it's a teenager carrying a knife on the way to school, a senior who hasn't been outside in months, or a neighbourhood where people who live next door have never spoken. Our social-impact work takes the same engineering rigour we apply in the field — and points it at problems closer to home.

We collaborate with municipalities, NGOs and humanitarian organisations on digital experiences that strengthen communities and reach the people who need them most. From VR experiences in care homes to GPT-powered storytelling that de-escalates youth violence, the projects below show what's possible when narrative, design and technology come together.

The Hague, the Netherlands · 2023 ### Help Maya A WhatsApp-based interactive experience addressing knife violence among adolescents — co-created with local teens and police. The Netherlands · 2022 ### WTFFF!? An online interactive about online sexual abuse — built with survivors, for Gen Z.

No games, no gimmicks — just the truth. The Hague, the Netherlands · 2021 ### Know Your Neighbor An immersive installation that lets visitors step behind real front doors and experience the lives of people in their own community. Some of our work starts with a question nobody has answered yet.

"Can an autonomous drone help rangers spot illegal logging from the air?" "Can a 3D-printed laryngoscope be safe enough for a rural hospital that can't afford the commercial one?" Innovation, for us, means prototyping what doesn't exist yet — and proving it in the field.

We help organisations imagine, design and build the first version of something new, then learn fast enough to decide whether to scale it. It's also where Hack The Planet started. SkyHawq, our very first project in 2016, was an autonomous fixed-wing drone built for Greenpeace — and many of the lessons we learned in the Indonesian rainforest still shape every product we ship today.

Zimbabwe · 2025 ### The Elephant in the Room An online interactive about human-wildlife coexistence — built around a 3×2 m oil painting by Zambian artist Silvester Mali. The Netherlands · 2020 ### Video laryngoscope An affordable laryngoscope for resource-limited healthcare settings — engineered with off-the-shelf parts and 3D printing.

The Netherlands · 2018 ### Red Cross VR A VR game about the laws of war — putting trainees inside ethically and legally complex conflict scenarios. All innovation projects → ## An ANBI-registered foundation in The Netherlands Hack The Planet started as a passion project in 2016 and became an official non-profit foundation in 2025. We’re a small team of seasoned engineers — funded by donations, grants and partnerships.

Because we are an **ANBI**, donations from the Netherlands are tax-deductible. Read our storySupport our work ## The story behind the mission In Hack the Planet, founder Tim van Deursen shares how a personal desire to make a difference grew into international missions using technology to protect people and nature.

Read the story All press, films & talks → Sky News · 2023 ### How smart cameras help mitigate human-wildlife conflict and catch poachers TEDx · 2022 ### From code to conservation: a nerd's quest for meaning Gabon · 2022 ### Hack The Planet — The Documentary ## Wear the mission Hand-painted artwork by Zambian artist Silvester Mali, printed on organic cotton. Every shirt funds our work.

Check out the merchandise Field deployments, hackathons and humanitarian projects worldwide. Click a dot to see what's there.

* A LoRaWAN-backed anti-poaching network2024 * Keeping elephants out of villages without harm2023 * A cellphone-detection prototype in Kafue2018 * Real-time biodiversity monitoring where no network reaches2021 * Real-time bear monitoring with WWF Romania2026 * Sky-dancer bear deterrent prototype2024 * Keeping brown bears out of mountain villages2023 * The Elephant in the Room2025 * Detecting poachers before they reach wildlife2023 * Detecting poachers by their phones and radios2024 * Real-time wolf monitoring during denning season2026 * Real-time monitoring of illegal logging in the Amazon2026 ## The partners who make this work From the foundations and donors who fund the foundation, to the rangers, NGOs and researchers we deploy alongside — we don't do any of this on our own.

Meet the people who back our work → ## Help us build technology that matters Donations directly fund hardware, deployment and maintenance of our work in the field. Every contribution counts. Want to keep up with our projects, deployments, and the occasional behind-the-scenes story?

Leave your email for occasional updates — no spam. We are an ANBI-registered non-profit foundation building field-proven technology for wildlife conservation, social impact and innovation. Based in The Netherlands, working worldwide.

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