Engineering solutions & solving global challenges
Tech for good across three pillars: wildlife conservation, social impact, and innovation. We're a non-profit foundation working alongside rangers, NGOs and communities worldwide.
Where we put engineering to work
Three focus areas where our technology makes a difference — from wildlife rangers in remote national parks to communities right here in the Netherlands.
01Conservation
Anti-poaching, wildlife monitoring and human-wildlife coexistence — built with rangers, NGOs and research partners on the ground.
Explore conservation →02Social impact
Tech serving people — from VR experiences for elderly care to digital interventions tackling youth violence.
See community projects →03Innovation
New concepts that prove what's possible — affordable medical devices, autonomous drones, immersive humanitarian training.
Explore innovation →Technology that protects wildlife
Most of our conservation work happens in protected areas across the globe. We build field-proven hardware and software that ranger teams, NGOs and research institutions rely on.
Our products
Three field-proven platforms, deployed in collaboration with our conservation partners worldwide.
ScannerEdge
Passive radio-frequency detection that warns rangers about people in places they shouldn't be.
Explore ScannerEdge
Instant Detect
Protect wildlife faster, smarter, anywhere — AI camera traps that send images via satellite, in near-real-time.
Explore Instant Detect
Smart Deterrent
An AI-triggered, non-lethal deterrent that keeps wildlife — and the people sharing their landscape — out of harm's way.
Explore Smart DeterrentFeatured conservation projects
From RF-based anti-poaching detection in Zambia to AI camera traps in the Gabon rainforest.
Designing the future
We help organizations imagine and prototype what doesn't exist yet — from affordable medical hardware to autonomous monitoring and immersive humanitarian training.
An ANBI-registered foundation in The Netherlands
Hack The Planet started as a passion project in 2016 and became an official non-profit foundation (Stichting) in 2025. We're a small team of seasoned engineers — funded by donations, grants and partnerships.
Because we are an ANBI, donations from the Netherlands are tax-deductible.
ANBI status
- Legal name
- Stichting Hack The Planet
- Foundation since
- 2025
- City
- Rotterdam, NL
- KvK
- 98279238
- RSIN
- 868427202
- Policy plan (Dutch)
- Download PDF
- info@hack-the-planet.io
Where we work
Field deployments, hackathons and humanitarian projects worldwide. Click a dot to see what's there.
The partners who make this work
From the foundations and donors who fund the foundation, to the rangers, NGOs and researchers we deploy alongside — we don't do any of this on our own.
Help us build technology that matters
Donations directly fund hardware, deployment and maintenance of our work in the field. Every contribution counts.
Technology serving people
Sometimes "tech for good" is just around the corner. From VR experiences in care homes to digital storytelling that bridges divides — we build technology that strengthens communities.
Help Maya
A WhatsApp-based interactive experience addressing knife violence among adolescents — co-created with local teens and police.
WTFFF!?
An online interactive about online sexual abuse — built with survivors, for Gen Z. No games, no gimmicks — just the truth.
Know Your Neighbor
An immersive installation that lets visitors step behind real front doors and experience the lives of people in their own community.