Camberwell College of Arts UAL
Graduates: 2024
Specialisms: Design and Technology / UX Design / Design for Social Good
My location: London, United Kingdom
First Name: Diana Milena
Last Name: Galindo Clavijo
University / College: Camberwell College of Arts UAL
Course / Program: Creative Computing
Graduates: 2024
Specialisms: Design and Technology / UX Design / Design for Social Good
My Location: London, United Kingdom
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Debris Lore is a smartphone app that uses machine learning and computer vision technologies to register and document the quantity and types of rubbish found on beaches. This app runs an object detection model using smartphone hardware to assist researchers and volunteers in classifying different types of waste during beach cleanup campaigns in citizen science-led projects. Despite various government commitments, 53 million metric tonnes of waste are predicted to enter our aquatic ecosystems by 2030 (Borrelle et al., 2020). Therefore, it is imperative to understand the threats that pollution poses to marine and coastal ecosystems, as well as to our own health. By enhancing the current marine litter monitoring programmes’ methodologies and understanding the value of data collection on waste, Debris Lore aims to support the efficient and effective collection of this data. This data can later be used to inform policies, legislation, and the development of sustainability action plans. Read more about this project on the UAL Showcase website: https://ualshowcase.arts.ac.uk/project/576673/cover Reference Borrelle, S.B. et al. (2020) ‘Predicted growth in plastic waste exceeds efforts to mitigate plastic pollution’, Science, 369(6510), pp. 1515–1518. doi:10.1126/science.aba3656.