Why bees soared and slime flopped as inspirations for systems engineering

Why bees soared and slime flopped as inspirations for systems engineering 02/23/2018 10:14 AM EST Honeybees gathering nectar inspired an algorithm that eased the burden of host servers handling unpredictable traffic by about 25 percent. Nature can inspire some great engineering, but it can also lead to some flops. Take slime mold: Standard algorithms beat it hands down to model connectivity. AAAS annual meeting presentation by systems researcher Craig Tovey. Full story at http://www.news.gatech.edu/2018/02/19/why-bees-soared-and-slime-flopped-inspirations-systems-engineering Source Georgia Institute of Technology This is an NSF News From the Field item. Follow NSF:  This email was sent using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: National Science Foundation Update · 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314 · 703-292-5111