I realised today when referencing the "How Open Source Technologies Could Dramatically Reduce the Cost of Tagging Green Sea Turtles" article today that it was nearly 10 years ago to the day that it was posted (May 27th, 2016).
It made me think so many things;
1) Wow, I'm old! And that must mean @Rob_Appleby is too.
2) That's 10 years of WILDLABS, and that's something to celebrate seeing how far the community has evolved in that time.
3) We actually made it - all those years later, I was able to post the news today that the Arribada satellite sea turtle tag has arrived. A concept and idea dreamed up all those years ago.
If you'd like to see what 10 years of open source development gets you in sea turtle telemetry, here's the article:
A breakthrough in low cost sea turtle satellite tagging and telemetry
Here's to 2036 and the possibilities for sea turtle conservation ahead...