At MIT Lincoln Laboratory, researchers are exploring ways technology could be used to support emergency responders during rapidly evolving, catastrophic events. A prototype system, the Lincoln Distributed Disaster Response System, was successfully demonstrated in simulated response scenarios for a large-scale wildfire.
Read more at http://www.ll.mit.edu/news/disasterresponsesystem.html.
An artist's impression depicting a network of neurons of the nervous system.Image: Maurizio De Angelis/Wellcome Images
Complex brain function depends on flexibility
Neurons that can multitask greatly enhance the brain’s computational power, study finds.
