--- --- Oct 09, 2025 # MeteoSaver AI climate data transcriber by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff  Courtesy BlueGreen Labs, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Ghent University, University of Reading, Maynooth University, Institut National pour l’Etude et la Recherche Agronomiques Rescuing historical data helps researchers better understand and model climate change, [especially in under-resourced regions](https://climate.copernicus.eu/data-rescue-africa). Decades-old records documenting daily precipitation and temperature were often handwritten, and MeteoSaver’s software can digitize and transcribe these records into machine-readable formats like spreadsheets alongside human scientists, speeding up the process. These are independent reviews of the products mentioned, but TIME receives a commission when purchases are made through affiliate links at no additional cost to the purchaser. MeteoSaver: The Best Inventions of 2025: Special Mentions ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-special-mentions/7320840/meteosaver/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-special-mentions/7320840/meteosaver/"},"headline":"MeteoSaver","datePublished":"2025-10-09T11:20:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T11:55:12.123Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-special-mentions/7320840/meteosaver/","keywords":["Tech","E-Commerce","list","franchise","Magazine","best inventions","Special Project","sponsorshipblock","Accolades","Best Inventions 2025"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc9fbcd71388dffc3/6998ca9b1f6709314af56cf3/meteosaver-TIME-best-inventions-2025.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc9fbcd71388dffc3/6998ca9b1f6709314af56cf3/meteosaver-TIME-best-inventions-2025.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-special-mentions/7320840/meteosaver/","name":"MeteoSaver"}}]}] ```