Institute for Networked Animals

The Institute for Networked Animals has been established in 2011 to document, mediate and critically investigate the inevitable future of technology-dependent fauna and animal-aided networks.

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Nanobionic spinach plants can detect explosives

After sensing dangerous chemicals, the carbon-nanotube-enhanced plants send an alert.

Networked spinach can save lives

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The Bird-Based Color System that Eventually Became Pantone

WASHINGTON, DC — An effort to describe the diversity of birds led to one of the first modern color systems.

Hipster-graphic design fetishized Pantone started out as a bird-based color system

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Interactive “more than” art exhibition for dogs in London

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Google 'sheep' view? Island maps itself - CNN Video

Sheep on the Faroe Islands — a small archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean — are helping to map the remote island's countryside as part of a project dubbed Sheep View 360.

Google Sheep View. Power to the non-human animals.

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Hamster-powered drawing machine

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Visit CERN’s Animal Shelter for Computer Mice on the lawn in front of the CERN Computer Centre. Our shelter is open all week-days from 8:30 to 17:30.

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Van Gogh's 'Starry Night' was re-created with bacteria. It's as cool as it sounds.

An art contest has scientists painting with ... bacteria.

Internet bacteria are our new favorite networked animals.

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This duck is waddling around again thanks to his new 3D-printed feet

Phillip the duck lost both of his feet to frostbite, so a middle school technology teacher and his class 3D-printed him some new flippers.

3d printed duck feet for Philip

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Cat-Human translating collar. De-mystifying the good old meow?

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Plants communicate too

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This is the telepresent animal we’ve been waiting for - one that is always on camera, in constant action and danger, yet never dying or even sleeping. This beautiful buck is on live webcam inside of the Grand Theft Auto game. He is “playing” as a character, designed by New Media Artist Brett Watanabe and set free inside the virtual space. With his interesting mix of artificial intelligence and deer-like qualities, he holds my attention and keeps me coming back to watch this perverse webcam inside a video game. Visit the San Andreas Webcam, you’ll see.

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From the perspective of your dog, you have not left, you have merely transformed into a treat-tossing robot. “Furbo is an all-in-one dog sitter that includes a camera, treat popper, barking alerts, night vision, and more!”

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Sociable fish gets bigger tank because Youtube video made it famous

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Magic Monkey Crd Trick - how to surprise a monkey

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Naturfreunde Internationale

Beavers in Austria on the edge of urban-wildlife conflicts: Citizen science app aiming to sensitize volunteers to document the whereabouts of the protected rodent.

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Cat Exploit

Cat Exploit is a project focussed on creating an independent and free WiFi network using cats (so-called Server Entities) and related species carrying a minified version of a wardriving-server. While roaming through streets and backyards of the urban area, they tap into open and badly secured WiFi networks in order to repeat and spread the signal through nearby Server Entities for everyone. The range of usage is indeed very broad and depends on the "needs" of the users, reaching from general parasitic and almost restriction-free internet access to abusive and criminal driven activities. Generally speaking, Cat Exploit takes place in a legal grey zone, though facing and criticizing outdated laws like the punishment of hotspot owners for users’ copyright violations. Moreover it is demonstrating and exploiting these weaknesses.

Networked cats as wild scavenging wardriving serers.

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People In Toronto Created A Memorial To A Dead Raccoon After The City Forgot To Pick It Up

RIP #DeadRaccoonTO

Dead networked animals: memorial to a racoon.