Flagship conservation platforms SMART and EarthRanger join forces in new tech partnership
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Tuesday, 17 March 2026·Source: Mongabay·US·nonprofit
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What happened: For years, conservation groups have relied on two leading technologies to help manage protected areas: EarthRanger, a platform for wildlife monitoring and real-time field reporting, and... But some organizations have struggled to decide between them and even end up using both, forcing […]
Cross-source context: The Verge highlights for now, these “smart” bricks feel far too dumb. I’m afraid the first Lego Smart Play sets are largely just light and sound like critics feared. The Verge highlights the first Lego Smart Brick sets, based on Star Wars, aren’t quite what my kids and I hoped, and I suspect much of that’s down to... But the Smart Bricks may also have some technical limitations out of the gate.
What to watch next: movement around conservation, earthranger.
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For years, conservation groups have relied on two leading technologies to help manage protected areas: EarthRanger, a platform for wildlife monitoring and real-time field reporting, and SMART, a conservation management software useful for logging patrol data and ranger activity. But some organizatio
I was about to be the coolest dad ever. I'd prepared the magic words: "Do you want to help daddy test the new Lego Smart Bricks? I can pick you up from school early!" It worked. My kids literally jumped for joy.
When The Lego Group announced in January that a tiny computer brick would be the company
The first Lego Smart Brick sets, based on Star Wars, aren't quite what my kids and I hoped, and I suspect much of that's down to programming. But the Smart Bricks may also have some technical limitations out of the gate. The first sets don't ship with a number of their sensors enabled, including the
For now, these “smart” bricks feel far too dumb. I’m afraid the first Lego Smart Play sets are largely just light and sound like critics feared.
The Verge
The first Lego Smart Brick sets, based on Star Wars, aren’t quite what my kids and I hoped, and I suspect much of that’s down to... But the Smart Bricks may also have some technical limitations out of the gate.
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You can’t replace the battery in Lego’s Smart Bricks — and many of its sensors aren’t available yet.
For years, conservation groups have relied on two leading technologies to help manage protected areas: EarthRanger, a platform for wildlife monitoring and real-time field reporting, and... But some organizations have struggled to decide between them and even end up using both, forcing […]
The first Lego Smart Brick sets, based on Star Wars, aren’t quite what my kids and I hoped, and I suspect much of that’s down to... But the Smart Bricks may also have some technical limitations out of the gate.
I was about to be the coolest dad ever. I'd prepared the magic words: "Do you want to help daddy test the new Lego Smart Bricks? I can pick you up from school early!" It worked. My kids literally jumped for joy.
When The Lego Group announced in January that a tiny computer brick would be the company
The first Lego Smart Brick sets, based on Star Wars, aren't quite what my kids and I hoped, and I suspect much of that's down to programming. But the Smart Bricks may also have some technical limitations out of the gate. The first sets don't ship with a number of their sensors enabled, including the
I was about to be the coolest dad ever. I'd prepared the magic words: "Do you want to help daddy test the new Lego Smart Bricks? I can pick you up from school early!" It worked. My kids literally jumped for joy.
When The Lego Group announced in January that a tiny computer brick would be the company
The first Lego Smart Brick sets, based on Star Wars, aren't quite what my kids and I hoped, and I suspect much of that's down to programming. But the Smart Bricks may also have some technical limitations out of the gate. The first sets don't ship with a number of their sensors enabled, including the
