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- by Kristina Chew
- January 3, 2013
- 6:00 am
5. Honeybee Swarms Show How to Design Smart Lighting Systems
When honeybees swarm, colony members fly together for several miles to a chosen nest site of which most of them do not know the location. By studying their swarming behavior and, specifically, the “mechanisms underlying swarm guidance and cohesion,” Ohio State University researchers have found solutions for how to control energy efficient “smart lighting” systems.
Bugs in the machine can have their benefits.
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Interesting!! But leave the worms in the earth where they belong...thanks
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again, not sure that the majority of those mentioned have anything actually to do with the title of this article. would the earthworm one be something bordering on animal cruelty if you're only interested in its insides? the termite information was just good information to have, but nothing really to do with technology. however, as i said, some of it was an informative read at least
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