Fruit fly nervous system provides new solution to fundamental computer network problem
Thursday, January 13, 2011 - 14:33
in Mathematics & Economics
(PhysOrg.com) -- The fruit fly has evolved a method for arranging the tiny, hair-like structures it uses to feel and hear the world that's so efficient a team of scientists in Israel and at Carnegie Mellon University says it could be used to more effectively deploy wireless sensor networks and other distributed computing applications.