Deag - Slashdot User

Ant mega-colony rules the world 0

Submitted by Deag on Wednesday July 01 2009, @09:47AM

Deag writes "A mega colony of one family of ants has spread all over the world. Previous mega colonies in California, Europe and Japan have been shown to be in fact one global colony. Ants from the smaller super-colonies were always aggressive to one another. So ants from the west coast of Japan fought their rivals from Kobe, while ants from the European super-colony didn't get on with those from the Iberian colony. But whenever ants from the main European and Californian super-colonies and those from the largest colony in Japan came into contact, they acted as if they were old friends."

EA wants single open platform for game consoles. 0

Submitted by Deag on Friday October 19 2007, @10:28AM

Deag writes "According to the BBC, EA have said they want to see a single open platform that all console games would run on.
This would allow easier development for game companies. Is this the solution or is this reverting back to a boiled down PC with all the hassles of different strength hardware?"

Company issues free energy challenge

Submitted by on Friday August 18 2006, @06:29AM

Deag writes "From Reuters, a Dublin company Steorn has placed an advertisement in the Economist, challenging the world's scientific community to disprove that it has invented free energy. It claims to have a generator that is over 100% efficient breaking the laws of thermodynamics. So is this the end to all of the world's energy problems!?"