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Review: The Internet of Animals – Martin Wikelski (Scribe)
The Internet of Animals is a clever, tempting book title and author Martin
Wikelski draws us in with the promise of “discovering the collective
intelligence of life on earth”. This book reflects on decades of work tracking
animals, offering a vision of future technologies.
Wikelski is director of Germany’s Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior where
he and his colleagues investigate global animal migrations. They have pioneered
a system for continuously remotely tracking thousands of animals, called
ICARUS, short for International Cooperation for Animal Research Using Space.
Their aim is to create an intelligent sensor network of animals (dubbed the
“internet of animals”) and protect animals worldwide.
Wikelski’s core research team has mounted an antenna on a satellite, enabling
it to track various species, including vultures and toucans, with small,
solar-powered trackers.
Its current ICARUS project began collecting data in September 2020. This
18-year journey depended on interactions with the European Space Agency, the
European Research Council and Roscosmos (the Russian space agency).
The team’s ultimate goal is to have little GPS devices on representative
samples of numerous species to reveal what decisions they make in the world,
what knowledge they accumulate over their lifetimes and all the places they
have been. The ambition is totally worthy even if the returns on investment so
far may seem elusive to some."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
