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The Future Is: Swarming Intelligence

Submitted by Jason Griffey on Mon, 02/22/2010 - 11:38
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There’s a ton of research being done these days on swarm intelligence, and how we can recreate in software the physical interactions of things like insects and schools of fish in order to more efficiently program the robots of the future. This week I saw two different examples of this online that blew me away. These aren’t products, certainly, but they point the way to a future that I’m not sure most of us will even recognize. The next 20 years will be truly unbelievable.

Take a look at both of these…trust me, it’s worth it.

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Post-Tragedy Archive Collection

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Post-Tragedy Archive Collection

Memorial displays (as shown) inside the Squires Student Center lobby at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg are part of Prevail Archives, a project underway by the University Libraries and Library of Congress consultants. The more than 87,000  expressions of condolences related to the April 16, 2007, tragedy that killed 32 people and injured several others are being gathered to provide primary source materials on how people grieve and offer consolation after a major tragedy.