Posted by nis0s 11 hours ago
[0]: https://masseffect.fandom.com/wiki/Rachni
[1]: origins have to start somewhere
> The protocol used at Fukushima is automated. Each bee is equipped with a 2-mm-wide QR Code which is read by a camera, activating the opening of the maze.
But yeah, doesn't look like a QR code at all, are there possibly different variations of QR codes? Haven't heard about that myself.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Capacity_Color_Barcode
Haven't seen one in ages.
> As users sweep their environment with a smartphone, audio cues allow them to find and center the tag in the phone’s field of view. A shake of the wrist prompts the details contained within the tag to be read out (visually impaired people are often holding a guide dog or cane with their other hand). https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/06/06/135057/these-col...
It’s an old Microsoft standard. I’m pretty sure that MS rolled it up, years ago, so they may not be valid, anymore.
That's actually a fact; there are specific bloodlines prone to cancers.
Anyway, animals in islands without predators lose escape hability, in particular the dodo.
Although the results of the study have yet to be published, scientists are already reporting a decline in insect cognition in the contaminated area of Fukushima Prefecture. "We can see correlations," Armant says. "However, a causal link with radioactive contamination has not yet been established. But since the area is no longer inhabited, it is unlikely that the effect is due to factors such as pesticides."
So, when people leave the area, insect cognition decline, therefore human presence improves cognition in insects.
I'm not sure why but this sentence feels vaguely menacing.
"Fukushima was a massive disaster. It was also Arthur Buzzby's origin story."