Once the young lava fields of Iceland cool down, life begins anew little by little. Ice, wind and water flatten and carve out shapes to begin with, then, during the summer, bacteria, lichen and fungi prepare the soil for plants, in particular mosses which adapt to an environment which remains difficult. These plants colonize the [...]
(This is a thread of an ongoing series on Self Organization; The first article was Emergence, and the preceding article was Self Organization and Social Insects.)
In this article I want to explore discovery in social insects as it is a critical mechanic given that individuals in a colony have little beyond local perception yet employ [...]
True free and open data interop is not bad, its different. The walled gardens of Big Data (yahoo, google, facebook, etc) will not work long term because the terms they are currently pushing for 3rd party usage of your data are designed to artificially control your behavior. These artificial barriers will not hold long term [...]