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The Hornet Trap: Designing for Living Systems

Reinventing Technology to Protect Biodiversity

The Hornet Trap: Designing for Living Systems — © Copyright © 2026 Accenture. All rights reserved.

Accenture Industrial Design explores how technology can protect biodiversity. Using the Asian hornet as a real case, we combine smart traps, data, AI, ecological knowledge and citizen action to detect threats earlier and respond more precisely.

Technology with Purpose

Data and AI are becoming more powerful and present in almost every part of our lives. But their impact depends on what we design them to do.
What if we applied this power to create measurable good for the living world?

Beyond the Trap

We explore how physical products, data, AI, citizen participation and ecological knowledge can work together as one protective ecosystem. At its centre is a smart hornet trap designed to target the invasive Asian hornet while minimising the impact on native insects.

Beyond the device, we explore how responsible, connected technologies can enable precise and measurable action.

A Broader Question

This project asks: How can we reinvent the role of technology as a force for protecting the living world?

Join us at Dutch Design Week 2026 to explore how design and technology can make a positive impact on ecology.

About Accenture

Accenture is a global professional services company that helps organizations reinvent their business through technology, data and AI. Our Industrial Design team combines digital and physical product design with data and emerging technologies to create products, services and experiences that are smarter and more sustainable. We help organizations solve real-world challenges, improve customer experiences and drive sustainable growth.