The internet of animals : discovering the collective intelligence of life on Earth /
Wikelski, Martin,
The internet of animals : discovering the collective intelligence of life on Earth / Martin Wikelski ; foreword by Keith Gaddis. - xi, 244 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Includes index.
Foreword / by Keith Gaddis -- Prologue: A sea lion named baby Caruso -- From the prairie to space and back -- The bird information highway -- A little ovenbird makes us think again -- The early days of tracking -- Walking like a cowboy -- Our Sputnik moment -- Rats! Still so much to learn -- The long march to ICARUS -- Switching back to Europe -- Who's in charge? -- The ICARUS design starts -- Tagging animals in the field -- Getting closer to launch -- Finally, we have liftoff -- The rocky road of tag development -- All systems go-or not -- Animals at play -- Putin invades Ukraine --Cosmic ideas from Aristotle to Humboldt -- Berta, the earthquake cow -- The internet of animals -- Epilogue: ICARUS flies faster, farther -- Afterword: A glance into a bright future -- Acknowledgments --Appendix: Initial ICARUS projects -- Index.
"All we need to do is give animals a voice and our perception of the world could change forever. That's what author Martin Wikelski and his team of scientists believe, and this book shares their story for the first time. As they tag animals around the world with minuscule tracking devices, they link their movements to The International Space Station, which taps into the 'internet of animals': an astonishing network of information made up of thousands of animals communicating with each other and their environments. Called the International Cooperation for Animal Research Using Space, or ICARUS, this phenomenal project is poised to change our world. Down on the ground, Wikelski describes animals' sixth sense first-hand. Farm animals become restless when earthquakes are imminent. Animals on the African plains sense when poachers are on the move. Frigatebirds in South America depart before hurricanes arrive."--
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ICARUS (Project)
Animal intelligence.
Animal marking.
The internet of animals : discovering the collective intelligence of life on Earth / Martin Wikelski ; foreword by Keith Gaddis. - xi, 244 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Includes index.
Foreword / by Keith Gaddis -- Prologue: A sea lion named baby Caruso -- From the prairie to space and back -- The bird information highway -- A little ovenbird makes us think again -- The early days of tracking -- Walking like a cowboy -- Our Sputnik moment -- Rats! Still so much to learn -- The long march to ICARUS -- Switching back to Europe -- Who's in charge? -- The ICARUS design starts -- Tagging animals in the field -- Getting closer to launch -- Finally, we have liftoff -- The rocky road of tag development -- All systems go-or not -- Animals at play -- Putin invades Ukraine --Cosmic ideas from Aristotle to Humboldt -- Berta, the earthquake cow -- The internet of animals -- Epilogue: ICARUS flies faster, farther -- Afterword: A glance into a bright future -- Acknowledgments --Appendix: Initial ICARUS projects -- Index.
"All we need to do is give animals a voice and our perception of the world could change forever. That's what author Martin Wikelski and his team of scientists believe, and this book shares their story for the first time. As they tag animals around the world with minuscule tracking devices, they link their movements to The International Space Station, which taps into the 'internet of animals': an astonishing network of information made up of thousands of animals communicating with each other and their environments. Called the International Cooperation for Animal Research Using Space, or ICARUS, this phenomenal project is poised to change our world. Down on the ground, Wikelski describes animals' sixth sense first-hand. Farm animals become restless when earthquakes are imminent. Animals on the African plains sense when poachers are on the move. Frigatebirds in South America depart before hurricanes arrive."--
9781771649599 1771649593
20240323513 can
ICARUS (Project)
Animal intelligence.
Animal marking.