This undated handout photo provided by the journal Science shows cockroaches and robots interacting for common shelter selection. Tiny robots programmed to act like cockroaches were able to join and participate in cockroach society, according to researchers studying the collective behavior of insects. Cockroaches tend to self-organize into leaderless groups, seeming to reach consensus on where to rest together. (AP Photo/Science)
3 posted on
11/16/2007 8:55:58 PM PST by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
To: NormsRevenge
... in 39 percent of cases the robots, despite being programmed to prefer a lighter shelter, joined the cockroaches under the darker one. Somehow, this is ... unsettling.
7 posted on
11/16/2007 9:01:08 PM PST by
zot
To: NormsRevenge
Which one is James Carville?
10 posted on
11/16/2007 9:04:19 PM PST by
Jeff Chandler
("Liberals want to save the world for the children they aren’t having." -Mark Steyn)
To: NormsRevenge
But mom, some of those guys don’t look like us. They look more like Winnebagos.
That’s ok, honey. They smell like us. That’s all that matters.
11 posted on
11/16/2007 9:04:39 PM PST by
samtheman
(Fred Thompson '08)
To: NormsRevenge
I’m beginning to see why the roaches initially ran when seeing these coming.
17 posted on
11/16/2007 9:14:21 PM PST by
DoughtyOne
(California, where the death penalty is reserved for wholesome values. SB 777)
To: NormsRevenge; Lijahsbubbe; aculeus; dighton; martin_fierro
"But don't you go falling in love with it now, 'cause we're taking it with us when we leave here next month." ~ Cousin Eddie
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