The Internet of Natural Things
summary
Digital work argues that tech can reconnect people to wild places by making individuals like Shana relatable via GPS tags (about 50,000 animals tracked), MoveBank and Max Planck hosting the datasets, and one tag producing 62 gigabytes in 12 hours. Concrete tools include an animal tracker app, single‑board computer prototypes for soil and hive monitoring, and machine learning that clusters bird calls. A proposed OS concept uses spaces (a Nature space with ID tools, geofenced prompts and citizen‑science submission) and small projects already demonstrate viability.
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chapters (19)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:12Finding Shana
- 4:57Introduction
- 6:27The new image of nature
- 8:16Positivity and optimism
- 10:50Biophilic Design
- 12:49Some brain science
- 18:08Tracking Shana
- 19:27Transparency
- 21:19Relatable data
- 23:59Embrace technology
- 33:53The Second Age of the Internet
- 34:14The Third Age of the Internet
- 34:34The Internet is an organic machine
- 37:42Education
- 38:23Physical and mental health
- 38:55Conservation and activism
- 40:04Rethinking the OS
- 48:13A new environment
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