Dynacon + Edge AI: Building for Nature, Not Just in It | Hackster Café

What happens when you take a hardware hacker, a rainforest, and a coral reef—and mix in a community of creators from around the world? You get Dynacon.

In this episode of Hackster Café, Andy Quitmeyer and Paula Tey take us inside the wild world of the Digital Naturalism Conference (Dynacon), where technologists, artists, and conservationists co-create open-source tools in the field—on boats, in the ocean, and deep in the jungle.

From braille embossers on banana leaves to underwater moth boxes and coral restoration tools, this conversation is a celebration of contextual crafting, collaborative design, and real-world impact.

🌍 This episode also highlights the Edge AI Earth Guardians Challenge
—a global call for innovators to build environmental protection tools using edge AI. Winners receive $2,500 and a trip to EDGE AI Taipei 2025!

🔗 Learn more + apply: https://www.hackster.io/contests/eart...

💬 Join the conversation: wildlabs.net