What are WiFi Whale & Dolphin Communication Stations?
A first step to our communication and concert goals is the establishment of two-way communications stations. Basically, one puts hydrophones and underwater speakers on a buoy offshore to pick up and transmit whale sounds by wireless means to the Internet. An example is the Whalesong Project at: www.whalesong.net. We are in contact with them and they are willing to help us as they did this past Earth Day. We played humpback whale songs live through them for the first time ever at an Earth Day celebration. Our visi0n is to have whales/dolphins sing live for many Earth Day events next year and beyond. We would like to place such buoys at Kehena Beach and near Richardson’s Beach in Hilo. Our vision is to have many stations. They open up several possibilities, among them the chance for the whales to use them to communicate with each other. We can then listen in and learn.