Comment Calcanis is I (Score 1) 1
According to google guidelines, text links are spam. The thing is, if you genrate most of your traffic from google and use it to monetise your site, you pretty much work for google. It's unfair.
Electronic Arts Offers $2B For Take Two 173
quanticle writes "The New York Times is reporting that EA has offered $2B for Take Two Entertainment. The effort appears to be a move to consolidate the two companies before Take Two releases the next iteration of its blockbuster franchise, Grand Theft Auto 4. Take Two has politely declined the offer."
Researchers Reference Flocking Birds to Improve Swarmbots 62
inghamb87 writes "Scientists have studied flocks of starlings and cracked the mystery behind the birds' ability to fly in large formations, and regroup quickly after attacks, without getting confused and ramming into each other. While the information is cool, some scientists seem to think that the best use of this knowledge is not to aid our appreciation of nature, but to make more effective robot swarms. We've talked about swarming robots many times before, but usually researchers look to insects for inspiration."
Submission + - Robots can now bounce on water (environmentalgraffiti.com)
inghamb87 writes: "The way water striders walk on water was discovered years ago. The insect uses its long legs to help evenly distribute its tiny body weight. The weight is distributed over a large area so that the fragile skin formed by surface tension supports the bug on the water. However, the ability of water striders to jump onto water without sinking has baffled scientists, until now."
