Project Noah is a free mobile application that nature lovers can use to explore and document local wildlife and a common technology platform that research groups can use to harness the power of citizen scientists everywhere. "Noah" is an acronym for "networked organisms and habitats".
Now available worldwide as an iPhone app in iTunes, Project Noah aims to become a common mobile platform for documenting the world's organisms. Beyond documentation, the iPhone app offers users an opportunity to participate in ongoing citizen science research projects through specifically designed field missions and can be used as a location-based field guide as well. All contributors are connected with an online community, bridging the documentation process.
The project's co-founder, Yasser Ansari, believes that "not only is there an educational need and an environmental need but a deep, deep human need for all of us to reconnect with our planet." Launched in 2009 with the mission of using fun and engaging technology solutions to help people reconnect with the planet. Project Noah is an award-winning[1] mobile platform for wildlife exploration and citizen science. They're building a global network of nature observers and human earth monitors with the hope of one day becoming the go-to platform for documenting all the world's organisms. Today, the Project Noah community has contributors from over 55 countries and counting and our members have participated in a variety of missions ranging from documenting the impact of the Gulf Coast oil spill to sharing ladybug and squirrel sightings for ongoing research at major universities. They're currently partnered with National Geographic.
The project has featured by several noteworthy news sources including CNN[2], Brian Lehrer TV[3], New York Times[4], Slate[5], Gizmodo[6], US News[7], Make Magazine[8], TreeHugger[9], Council for the Internet of Things[10], IBM's Smarter Planet[11], GOOD[12].