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==== augmented ecology ====

**How the tagosphere connects with the biosphere.**\\


This page collects research from **FoAM**'s desk for augmented ecology [[http://augmentedecology.posterous.com/|IforAE]]\\
related posts also via: @IforAE 


==== 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


== 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://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.