==== augmented ecology ==== **Nature is going online.. .. ..**\\ This page collects research from **FoAM**'s desk for augmented ecology [[http://augmentedecology.com]]\\ related posts also via: [[https://twitter.com/augmentedeco|@augmentedeco]]\\ see also: [[data reserves]] / [[machine ecology]] / [[project groworld]] ==== Outline ==== Through epizoic media, drone ecology and satellite sensors nature is becoming a subset of the internet of things; the [[Internet_of_Organisms]] (IoO) **Augmented Ecology** tracks developments in a newly forming branch of the anthropocene that seems to go almost unnoticed; the immersion of data and media technologies in living landscapes. ==== nature mapping: ==== * [[http://www.waarneming.nl|Waarneming.nl]] Millions!! of sightings, great array of tools (site can be set to English) * [[http://observado.org/index.php|Observado]] Waarneming international * [[http://earthengine.googlelabs.com/|Google Earth Engine]] planetary-scale platform for environmental data & analysis * [[http://earthnetworks.com/Home.aspx|Earthnetworks]] company, global CO2 monitoring * [[http://www.globalsoilmap.net/|Global Soil Map]] by the International Union of Soil Sciences * [[http://www.america.gov/st/energy-english/2009/March/20090319153825lcnirellep0.4414484.html|Planetary skin]] for example [[http://www.planetaryskin.org/challenges/agri_food_skin|Agri-Food-skin]] * [[http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/greenspace/monitoring.html|Nasa Greenspace]] looks at global, urban, polar data * [[http://www.neoninc.org/|National Ecological Observatory Network]] free and open database for forecasting eco-change * [[http://mapa.bioexplora.cat/|Bioexplora]] interactive database map Museum of Natural History Barcelona * [[http://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/|Biodiversity Ireland]] * [[http://www.mountainbiodiversity.org/tool.html|Mountain biodiversity]] searchable by altitude * [[http://conserve.io/showcase/|Conserve.io]] tracking Whales, Manatees, Sharks * [[http://www.technologyfornature.org/2012/06/08/this-is-what-we-do/|Technology for Nature]] a Microsoft Research program at Cambridge on conservation technologies * == phenology mapping: == * [[http://www.budburst.ucar.edu/index.php|Budbirst UK]] * [[http://www.naturescalendar.org.uk/|Naturescalendar UK]] * [[http://www.motherearthnews.com/your-garden-show/template.aspx#!/citizen-science|Gardening & naturemapping]] * [[http://www.usanpn.org/|USA National Phenology Network]] includes [[http://www.usanpn.org/node/6208|dynamic map]] * [[http://blog.mongabay.com/2011/01/02/picture-3d-mapping-of-rainforests/?utm_campaign=mongablog&utm_medium=Twitter&utm_source=SNS.analytics|Article]] 3D mapping of rainforest * [[http://ebird.org/|eBird]] bird mapping & tracking site ==== ecosensor projects: ==== * [[http://cityspinning.org/projects/sensornetworks/|City spinning]] sensor projects in Bangalore and Delhi * [[http://www.communitysensing.org/|Communitysensing]] //(mystery link)// * [[http://www.equator.ac.uk/index.php/articles/563|article]] Urban Pollution Monitoring Project * [[http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/21/satellite-borne-lasers-tracking-woodland-happenings-who-knows-w/|Satelite lazers]] Lazer tracking birds see also: [[e_farming]] == air quality == * [[http://www.lml.rivm.nl/data/smog/index.html|RIVM]] Smog Data * [[http://ww2.unhabitat.org/wuf/2006/aqm/toolkit.htm|India]] toolkit * [[http://mimaq.org/|Mimaq]] Layar based also: [[http://tabworldmedia.com/TAB_Home.html|tabworldmedia]] == internet of things: == * [[http://community.pachube.com/node/709|Pachube Garduino]] * [[http://open.sen.se/|Sen.se]] devices, apps, humans post what's happening to them * [[http://www.greengoose.com/|GreenGoose]] gaming with sensor stickers == smart cities: == * [[http://www.connectedurbandevelopment.org/|Sisco]] * [[http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/us/en/sustainable_cities/ideas/index.html?ca=v_cities|IBM]] * [[http://cities.media.mit.edu/|MIT]] * [[http://www.appsforamsterdam.nl/index.html|Apps for Amsterdam]] //all lack biodiversity mapping!// ==== epizoic media: ==== * [[http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22029383.800-animals-tracked-with-tiny-tags-summon-their-own-drones.html#.U2elPcfrZ7h|Autometed Drones]] capable of finding tagged animals on autopilot and deploying cameras, networked tags collecting herd info. * [[http://pruned.blogspot.com/2010/11/gps-coyotes.html|GPS-coyotes]] * [[http://urbancoyoteresearch.com/Featured_Coyotes.htm|GPS-coyotes]] * [[http://cryptoforest.blogspot.com/2010/10/forage-psychogeography.html|Wilfrieds post]] maps of tracked animals * [[http://www.pigeonblog.mapyourcity.net/ and http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2007/02/cyborg_pigeons_/|GPS-pigeons]] * [[https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/IP_over_Avian_Carriers|Pigeons internet]] IP over avian carriers * [[http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/10/gps-devices-installed-in-african-rhinos-horns.php|GPS-rhinos]] * [[http://www.telemetrysolutions.com/|GPS all animals]] company * [[http://www.vogelwarte.ch/home.php?lang=e&cap=projekte&subcap=oeko&file=../detailprojects.php&projId=467|Super lightweight]] tracking devices * [[http://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2011-04/bee-hackers-aim-monitor-hives-health-unconventional-tools?cmpid=tw|Bee hackers]] hive health monitoring * [[http://fo.am/electromagnetikal_arts/|Splinterfields]] **Christina Stadlbauer** and **Martin Howse** workshop at FoAM on bees/radiowaves/mapping * [[http://chriswoebken.com/moth.html|Chris Woebken]] moths * [[http://chriswoebken.com/|Chris Woebken]] beetle wrestling, bat bilboard, collaborative birdhouse * [[http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2008/04/video-cyborg-mo/#previouspost|Chris Woebken]] moths * [[http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/01/pentagons-cybor/|Cyborg beetles]] * [[http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/09/video-cyborg-beetle-takes-flight/|Cyborg beetles]] with video * [[http://www.angelovermeulen.net/?page_id=152|Corrupted C#n#m#]] **Angelo Vermeulen's project** on data-corruption with Cockroaches at FoAM * [[http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/02/nuke-hunting-robo-roaches-enlisted-for-animal-army/|Cockroaches]] military * [[http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/01/navy-dolphin-pa/|Navy dolphins]] as spies * [[http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/06/navy-wants-bots-to-outsmart-mine-hunting-dolphins/|Navy dolphins]] as mine hunters * [[http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/06/pentagon-wants-cyborg-insects-to-sniff-wmd-offer-wi-fi/|Wifi buggs]] * [[http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6989239/|Monkey with robot arm]] pretty disturbing * [[https://lukalive.wordpress.com/|LukaLive]] wifi-dog * [[http://boingboing.net/2011/06/30/broadband-internet-b.html|Boingboing]] broadband internet by horse * [[http://pruned.blogspot.com/2008/03/faunal-high-jinks.html|Michiko Nitta]] hacking into the animal migration system * [[http://www.haaretz.com/news/international/saudi-arabia-nabbed-israeli-tagged-vulture-for-being-mossad-spy-1.335171|The vulture spy]] * [[http://tinyurl.com/5ugb8mk|Seals]] Seal tracking Drone (so not quite epizoic) * [[http://news.discovery.com/animals/drones-play-wheres-waldo-with-arctic-seals.html|Seals]] Steal drone video * Narwhals: [[http://tinyurl.com/4hq9pp6|image]] & [[http://tinyurl.com/2ulgqy5|text]] * [[http://people.ucsc.edu/~haraway/|Dogs?]] * [[http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/posted/archive/2010/02/14/mattel-to-launch-twitter-dog-collar-that-tweets-as-dog-moves.aspx|Pet tweeting]] * [[http://money.cnn.com/2010/01/21/news/companies/mattel_puppy_tweets/index.htm|Puppy tweeting]] * [[http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/11/bomb-fighting-dog-mia-for-a-year-is-found-in-afghanistan/|Dogs]] as bomb detectors see also: [[epizoic_media]] == epizoic researchers: == * [[http://cms.uni-konstanz.de/en/wikelski/|Martin Wikelski]] tracking insects * [[http://discovermagazine.com/2011/jan-feb/77|Martin Wikelski]] * [[http://tinyurl.com/2cj87no|Martin Wikelski]] * [[http://www.rhul.ac.uk/biological-sciences/AcademicStaff/Raine/INDEX.html|Nigel Raine]] ==== epiphytic media: ==== * [[http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-01/engineered-plant-proteins-turn-airport-ferns-terror-foiling-bomb-detectors|Ferns]] as bomb detectors * [[http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/01/grow-your-own-bomb-detector/|Plants]] grow your own bomb detector * [[http://www.talking-tree.com/|Talking tree]] * [[https://dprbcn.wordpress.com/2010/06/27/performative-organic-machines-landscaping-l-a/|Article]] includes antenna-palmtrees, robotplants etc. * ==== animals as tech support: ==== * [[http://www.apopo.org/mine_detection.php|Rats]] as mine detectors * [[http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20927985.700-sniffer-mice-have-a-nose-for-explosives.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=weapons|Mice]] searching for explosives * [[http://www.nextnature.net/2010/06/runaway-robots-hunted-by-the-mammals-they-were-designed-to-replace/|Sealions]] rescuing ROVs ==== organisms as computational models: ==== * [[http://www.designculturelab.org/2011/07/28/a-new-era-of-animal-centred-computer-interaction-research-and-design/|Article]] Anne Galloway on animal centred computer interaction design * [[http://www.physorg.com/news/2010-12-algorithms-problem-solving-ants.html|Ants]] problem solving algorithms * [[http://www.upress.umn.edu/Books/P/parikka_insect.html|Insect Media]] book * [[http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-01-genius-bacteria-scientists-iq-outsmart.html|Bacteria]] intelligence * [[http://techland.time.com/2011/01/26/a-new-use-for-bacteria-encrypt-it-with-data/|Data encrypted bacteria]] * [[http://www.sndrv.nl/life/info.php|Virtual bacteria]] * [[http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/26670/|Bacteria and radiowaves]] ==== green river: ==== Urban infrastructure for non-humans. * [[http://www.amsterdam.nl/vrije_tijd_toerisme/groen/ecologie/ecologische_zones/|Groene As]] * [[http://tinyurl.com/22jr26n|Palynopolis]] bee-centred * [[http://powerof8.org.uk/?p=569|Synthetic pollinators]] * [[http://popupcity.net/2010/12/designer-homes-for-bats/|Bat architecture]] * [[http://chriswoebken.com/bat_billboard.html|Bat architecture]] * [[http://www2.natuurenmilieu.nl/themas/mobiliteit/nu-de-stad|Nu de stad]] ==== organisations: ==== * [[http://www.waarneming.nl|Waarneming.nl]] Millions!! of sightings (so good I listed them twice) * [[http://observado.org/index.php|Observado]] Waarneming international * [[http://www.eti.uva.nl/|ETI UVA]] make nature guide apps (payed) * [[http://www.science.uva.nl/ibed/object.cfm/3051CD7A-1321-B0BE-682207B7957598BD|IBED UVA]] **very impressive UVA ecology department** work includes the stunning [[http://www.ecogrid.nl|Ecogrid]] datamodel: [[http://www.ecogrid.nl/documents/EcoGRID_datamodel_v1.pdf|PDF]] * [[http://www.pbl.nl/nl/index.html|Plan bureau leefomgeving]] * [[http://www.compendiumvoordeleefomgeving.nl/|Compendium voor de leefomgeving]] mapping ecosystem health * [[http://www.biogeomancer.org/|Biogeomancer]] including mapping software [[http://www.diva-gis.org/|DIVA-GIS]] * [[http://www.gegevensautoriteitnatuur.nl|Gegevens Autoriteit Natuur]] Dutch Nature Data Authority * [[http://www.eufgis.org/|EUFgis]] creating a European information system on forest genetic resources * [[http://www.wri.org/project/open-climate-network|Open Climate Network]] * [[http://7scenes.com/blog/2011/01/27/kick-off-7scenes-project-staatsbosbeheer|7scenes]] Waag society and forestry * [[http://www.mpforest.org/|India forest mapping]] * [[http://www.natuurkaart.nl/asp/page.asp?alias=natuurkaart.nl&view=natuurkaart.nl|natuurkaart]] natuurgebieden * [[http://www.naturalis.nl/asp/page.asp?alias=naturalis.nl&view=naturalis.nl&id=i000256&frameurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.naturalis.nl%2Fget%3Fsite%3Dnaturalis.nl%26page_alias%3Deis|stichting EIS]] Dutch invertebrate studies * [[http://www.trouw.nl/groen/nieuws/article3354441.ece/Mijn_iPhone__zegt_dat_dit_een_zandhagedis_is_.html?all=true|Article]] in Trouw (Dutch) == thinktanks: == * [[http://www.environmentalhealthclinic.net/|Environmental Health Clinic]] Natalie Jeremenko * [[http://www.designculturelab.org/|Design Culture lab]] Anne Galloway * [[http://justinpickard.net/|Justin Pickard]] **@justinpickard** offered many great suggestions for epizoic media * [[http://powerof8.org.uk/|Power of 8]] * [[http://www.nextnature.net/|Next Nature]] by Koert van Mensvoort * [[http://www.the-incredible-shrinking-man.net/|the incredible shriking man]] * [[http://www.postnatural.org/|Center for PostNatural History]] collection of gen. mod. species * [[http://chriswoebken.com/|Chris Woebken]] * [[http://www.walewijndenboer.nl/|Instituut voor Digitale Biologie]] * http://mobile.mit.edu MIT mobile ==== somewhat related: ==== * [[http://fightthegooglejugend.com/primatepoetics/primatepoetics.html|Primate Poetics]] **Wilfried Hou je bek's** project translating Gilgamesh for apes * [[http://measureofamerica.org/|Measure of America]] data vis USA * [[http://www.breathingearth.net/|Breathing Earth]] CO2 emissions, birth rate & death rate simulation * [[http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/rfk/|ANBG]] Australian rainforest indentification tool * [[http://serc.carleton.edu/teachearth/site_guides/projects.html|Geoscience]] geostuff * [[http://urbansoundecology.org/|Urban Sound Ecology]] recording and archiving the soundscapes of Canadian Cities * [[http://www.eco-currency.net/|Eco currency]] bringing ecosystem monetary value into the equation * [[http://www.materialecology.com/|Material Ecology]] biomimicry lab * [[https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/BioBlitz|Bioblitz]] mapping expeditions * [[http://www.hackdeoverheid.nl/2011/03/datareview-bodem-en-gis-data/|Hacking soil data]] Hack de Overheid, soil quality data * [[http://www.fao.org/hortivar/maps/maps.jsp|Hortivar]] horticulture cultivars database * [[http://www.beasts-in-the-woods.org/ecology.html|Beast in the Woods]] Ecology and biodiversity in medieval Europe * [[http://urbanplants.wordpress.com/|Urban plants]] research blog * [[http://www.opengreenmap.org/home|Opengreenmaps]] * [[http://www.ancient-tree-hunt.org.uk/|Ancient tree hunt]] UK.