TY - BOOK AU - Parikka,Jussi ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Insect media: an archaeology of animals and technology T2 - Posthumanities AV - Q337.3 .P36 2010eb U1 - 595.709 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Minneapolis PB - University of Minnesota Press KW - Swarm intelligence KW - Insects KW - Behavior KW - Mathematical models KW - Bionics KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction : insects in the age of technology -- Nineteenth-century insect technics : the uncanny affects of insects -- Genesis of form: insect architecture and swarms -- Technics of nature and temporality : Uexkøll's ethology -- Metamorphosis, intensity, and devouring space : elements for an insect game theory -- Intermezzo -- Animal ensembles, robotic affects : bees, milieus, and individuation -- Biomorphs and boids : swarming algorithms -- Sexual selection in the biodigital: teknolust and the weird life of SRAs -- Epilogue : insect media as an art of transmutation; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2011; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10442225 ER -