An ostrich escaped from the Ostriches Farm (Yasusuke Ota: The Abandoned Animals of Fukushima)
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The Moon Goose Experiment by Agnes Meyer-Brandis: The Moon...
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The Moon Goose Experiment by Agnes Meyer-Brandis: The Moon Goose Experiment (MGE) is based on an excerpt from the book The Man in the Moone, written by the english bishop Francis Godwin in 1603. Godwin was the first person ever to describe weightles...
Read MoreMeanwhile in Switzerland: sheep to warn shepherds of wolf...
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Meanwhile in Switzerland: sheep to warn shepherds of wolf attacks by SMS: During the experiment, the change in the flock’s heartbeat was found to be significant enough to imagine a system whereby the sheep could be fitted with a collar that releases...
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"Augmented Animals"
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"Augmented Animals" by James Auger is a booklet published in 2011. It describes various devices and equipments for animals, mostly based on a transfer of human's technologies developed for the needs of other species: Pigeon LED leg display, LED Dog Tail Communicator, Vertical impact protection jacket for rodents, etc.
Why do I blog this? Because such speculations are both fascinating about what is says about human needs/fears, and regarding the objectification of animals.