MARLIN uses Edge-AI and AR to monitor marine ecosystems in real time. Underwater cameras track coral health, fish populations, and debris, while hydrophones capture whale songs and ship noise. Insights are delivered through geo-anchored AR overlays, empowering researchers and coastal communities to protect fragile ocean habitats.
Problem Statement:
Marine ecosystems are under threat from coral bleaching, overfishing, and rising pollution, yet monitoring is costly and often limited to large research institutions. Traditional systems rely on heavy infrastructure, cloud dependence, and delayed data processing, leaving many coastal communities without real-time insights.
Impact Angle:
MARLIN democratizes ocean monitoring by bringing Edge-AI + AR fusion to the water. Researchers, local fishers, and conservation groups gain instant, visualized insights into coral health, fish populations, and marine noise pollution empowering proactive protection of fragile habitats worldwide.
Why it Matters:
Oceans sustain biodiversity and livelihoods, but climate change, overfishing, and plastic waste are accelerating ecosystem decline. Current monitoring tools are expensive, cloud-dependent, and slow to deliver actionable insights. MARLIN brings real-time intelligence to the water’s edge, combining Edge-AI and AR fusion to track coral health, fish stocks, and marine noise. By giving researchers and local communities instant, visualized data, MARLIN empowers faster response and stronger protection for fragile marine habitats.
How it Works
- Capture: Underwater cameras record coral reefs, fish activity, and marine debris; hydrophones collect whale songs and ship noise.
- Analyze at the Edge: Ultra-light AI models run directly on low-power devices, detecting patterns without relying on cloud connectivity.
- Visualize: Results are overlaid in AR, geo-anchored to reef locations, so users can “see” marine health in context.
- Act: Researchers, coastal managers, and citizen scientists access real-time insights for ecosystem protection and decision-making.











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