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bee_laboratory_talk [2014/05/11 20:01] – [5. new hive designs] amibee_laboratory_talk [2014/05/11 20:18] – [6. bio-degradable sensors] ami
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- +=====2. monitoring: sensors, data transmission and visualisation=====
-=====2. the Transparent Beehive===== +
-But the real focus of the Transparent Beehive was to study the behaviour of the bees and to link the development of the colony to the sound it produces. Therefore I installed 8 contact microphones in the frames of the beehive.  +
-When I populated the Transparent Beehive with a swarm, the bees started to fill the frames with comb and slowly they covered the empty hive with tens of thousands of wax cells to store the nectar and the pollen they brought back from their foraging flights. The center frames were reserved for the queen to lay eggs and for the young bees to raise the brood.  +
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-Social insects are a crucial element in our ecosystem. The study and monitoring of the honeybees allows for experimentation with couplings between nature and technology. I like the metaphor of 'reading the development of a colony by browsing through a book'. I  want to set up a real collaboration with the bees. I introduce them to the public as performers.  +
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-=====3. monitoring: sensors, data transmission and visualisation=====+
 monitoring equipment: bee monitoring and big data sets monitoring equipment: bee monitoring and big data sets
 Complex systems analysis and machine learning are needed for detecting these patterns and to allow prediction and the shaping of ongoing social and biological processes, and to develop novel user interfaces that are needed to make embedded technologies accessible and usable without requiring sophisticated background or training.  Complex systems analysis and machine learning are needed for detecting these patterns and to allow prediction and the shaping of ongoing social and biological processes, and to develop novel user interfaces that are needed to make embedded technologies accessible and usable without requiring sophisticated background or training. 
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 Two temperature sensors and a humidity sensor are installed in the hive. There is also a combined  temperature/humidity sensor placed outside in the rooftop garden  to measure the environmental information.  The monitoring system is logging all these data.  The sensors are connected  to an arduino board,  which is linked to the internet.   With this set up I can follow at any time the warming up  and cooling down in the hive.  Temperature and humidity inside and outside the hive  are important indicators of hive health. Two temperature sensors and a humidity sensor are installed in the hive. There is also a combined  temperature/humidity sensor placed outside in the rooftop garden  to measure the environmental information.  The monitoring system is logging all these data.  The sensors are connected  to an arduino board,  which is linked to the internet.   With this set up I can follow at any time the warming up  and cooling down in the hive.  Temperature and humidity inside and outside the hive  are important indicators of hive health.
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 +=====3. the Transparent Beehive=====
 +But the real focus of the Transparent Beehive was to study the behaviour of the bees and to link the development of the colony to the sound it produces. Therefore I installed 8 contact microphones in the frames of the beehive. 
 +When I populated the Transparent Beehive with a swarm, the bees started to fill the frames with comb and slowly they covered the empty hive with tens of thousands of wax cells to store the nectar and the pollen they brought back from their foraging flights. The center frames were reserved for the queen to lay eggs and for the young bees to raise the brood. 
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 +{{:soundbeehive:blackboard.jpg?350x233|}} {{:soundbeehive:bees-sensors.jpg?350x233|}}
 +Social insects are a crucial element in our ecosystem. The study and monitoring of the honeybees allows for experimentation with couplings between nature and technology. I like the metaphor of 'reading the development of a colony by browsing through a book'. I  want to set up a real collaboration with the bees. I introduce them to the public as performers. 
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 +{{:soundbeehive:bee-blob.jpg?350x200|}} {{:soundbeehive:supercolliderpatch.jpg?350x219|}}
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 +DIY bio-based electronics. A temperature sensor (thermistor) consisting of a biological semiconductor, melanin, which is synthesized by bacteria from yeast of kefir.
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-(check peter/melanine)+
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