We are in our last year of a USDA funded project to use colony sounds as an 
 indicator of disease, pests, pesticide exposure, queen status, etc.   
Swarming is  possible - question is - how far ahead?
 
We need more processing power than in most phones and PDAs have - our  
multi-variable signal processing is intensive, can be slow.  We've moved to  
tablets and to our own proprietary chip.
 
Big problem is how fast operational systems and processors change and  
forward compatability.  Fast as we develop an app, the whole thing  changes.  
Reason we're now working on our own hand-held device, plus tablet  format.
 
Jerry
 
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 12/24/2011 9:32:53 A.M. Mountain Standard Time,  
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Are  there any apps that can detect swarming preparations by analysing  the
colony sounds?

-- 
Owen Watson

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