The more you research what the Open Source Mindset is the more you'll realize there aren't many limitations to the concept. Want to make a website? Open Source. Want to program a robot? Open Source. Need software on the International Space Station (ISS)? Open Source! What about saving endangered animals from extinction?...Open Source!
"For the past two months IRNAS and Smart Parks, in partnership with Hackster.io have been working on building the next-generation OpenCollar ElephantEdge
tracker, closely looking at requirements and features that make this a
success. Two key concepts are driving it, rock solid performance field
performance and an intuitive user experience. In the previous blog and webinar we
did a deep-dive into the technical choices made in the design process
and the experiences shared by Smart Parks, we hereby look deeper into
the firmware and workflow aspects." - Hackster.io
"Park Rangers in Liwonde National Park in Malawi are for the first time able to see elephant locations every fifteen minutes. This is possible due to new Smart Parks technology providing Rangers with GPS-locations four times an hour. With this information, elephants can be better protected." - SmartParks.org