Distributed
Self-sculpting sand
April 2, 2012
New algorithms could enable heaps of ‘smart sand’ that can assume any shape, allowing spontaneous formation of new tools or duplication of broken mechanical parts.
Explained: Ad hoc networks
March 10, 2011
Decentralized wireless networks could have applications in distributed sensing and robotics and maybe even personal communications.
Breaking bottlenecks
January 11, 2011
A new algorithm enables much faster dissemination of information through self-organizing networks with a few scattered choke points.
Collective memory
December 10, 2010
An MIT project provides a way to preserve information in constantly changing networks, without resorting to a shared server.
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