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(DIR) Post #Az69yIbpzAk7Qm5c0G by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-10-11T11:40:52Z
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Did you know that there are road engineering nerds and they do things like commission drone flights and mine interesting satellite data to understand major road failures like the one in NJ?Thank god I'm obsessed with ants because this would easily take me. But, I know how ya'll are. This will "awaken something" in someone on here I'm certain. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QUn1Xk80vY
(DIR) Post #Az6A2L3SppO4AqwCm0 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-10-11T11:41:36Z
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Think of me as a obsessive interest drug dealer.
(DIR) Post #Az6AQpkAO1VwIsak5I by Klara@drupal.community
2025-10-11T11:46:00Z
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@futurebird how small would drones have to be before you can finally use them for your subject?
(DIR) Post #Az6ARzLWAcZwNHc4f2 by electric_gumball@mastodon.social
2025-10-11T11:46:12Z
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@futurebird You're a teacher, it's part of your makeup to kindle those small flames.Thanks for doing that 🙂
(DIR) Post #Az6AdFOqp5z5LkXalM by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-10-11T11:48:14Z
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@Klara This is an excellent question.There are some very small cameras and robots, but they aren't tiny enough to explore the world of ants, although laparoscopic cameras can be useful for tree hollows. I often think about how much one could learn about ants with an ant-sized robot that could interact with them like another insect.
(DIR) Post #Az6B09BU6B20jVCy4e by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-10-11T11:52:24Z
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@Klara I mean.All of the "exciting tech so-called revolutions" have been software as of late and I'm a little sick of software.There are problems in miniaturization and robotics that get so little attention and funding. Probably because "robotics is hard" ... but the rewards for making a real advancement would be so much bigger than all of these things people keep calling "revolutionary"Show me a more tiny motor. Show me some real magic.
(DIR) Post #Az6B8isPHNsNkONFCK by sinvega@mas.to
2025-10-11T11:53:57Z
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@futurebird @Klara six months later, the ants send back a human-shaped robot
(DIR) Post #Az6BZRu8UOosvavWRU by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-10-11T11:58:48Z
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@Klara I remember just after the last dot-com boom there was a lot of noise about the "next big thing" being bio-tech.That didn't last long. I think modern investors are too impatient for any R&D that takes actual time or effort to make material advancements. With software it's easier to just pretend that that you have something when you don't. The people who really care about technology just keep working even as the funding swirls in and washes away. Maybe the market is irrelevant.
(DIR) Post #Az6BfSo03IXdSZvOAC by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-10-11T11:59:53Z
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@Klara I guess what I'm say is: invest in ants. Fund ant research. That is the future. OK i will stop spamming u now.
(DIR) Post #Az6C0OIfzujbZJFhY0 by llewelly@sauropods.win
2025-10-11T12:03:38Z
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@futurebird @Klara raises the interesting question of how to go about making a robot that can imitate ant pheromones.( if said robot can't match their pheromones, they'd take it apart. I know, know, I'm repeating what's obvious to you, but ... )
(DIR) Post #Az6C9npSS4MhLo4c5I by llewelly@sauropods.win
2025-10-11T12:05:21Z
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@futurebird @Klara well - there's kind of a lot of hardware innovation that got sank into making fixed-point special purpose matrix multipliers ... eargh... what a waste.
(DIR) Post #Az6CHdvHANn8waX7cu by GhostOnTheHalfShell@masto.ai
2025-10-11T12:06:44Z
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@futurebird I watch his videos occasionally🤓
(DIR) Post #Az6COUqhIjempSexzk by GhostOnTheHalfShell@masto.ai
2025-10-11T12:08:00Z
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@futurebird @Klara Not only would they have to be small, but you need smell-o vision
(DIR) Post #Az6F2Fg7KAvdGmnNaq by llewelly@sauropods.win
2025-10-11T12:37:36Z
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@futurebird @Klara 1/2there definitely was a huge expansion in biological *science*. Most of it very genetics-oriented, but there were also expansions in other areas of biology, including paleonotology and ecology.the trouble is, investors actually don't like science, especially when it investigates environmental problems, which is where much of the biological science ended up going.
(DIR) Post #Az6JzpqQtyEyL8HtFg by llewelly@sauropods.win
2025-10-11T13:33:12Z
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@futurebird actually it amazes me that road building isn't a major part of ant ecology. Or maybe it is and they just get called "pheromone trails" for traditional reasons.
(DIR) Post #Az6TR0YU5UQ0xpvLqC by tal@mastodon.social
2025-10-11T15:18:52Z
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@futurebird I'm just saying "no", I've fallen before
(DIR) Post #Az6TdWRDNFgnK0UVFI by sewblue@sfba.social
2025-10-11T15:21:12Z
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@futurebird Nah. Nothing was awakened.I'm the kind of dork that already watched this guy.
(DIR) Post #Az6fMK3XM5njRlysVs by twipped@twipped.social
2025-10-11T17:32:30Z
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@futurebird tbf, there WAS a biotech boom, but it was already dissolving when the dotcom crash happened. It was why my mom and I moved to California. Most of the biotech startups either fizzled or got acquired by Dow Corning or SC Johnson.@Klara
(DIR) Post #Az6j20EFlJqxylYl0a by Jefverbeeck@mastodon.social
2025-10-11T18:13:39Z
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@futurebird Ooooooh… I really love it when people get hyper-into their special interests!
(DIR) Post #Az7CcIT0KReTdf7N7w by glasspusher@beige.party
2025-10-11T23:45:09Z
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@futurebird fascinating. I know that area a bit, it’s been a whileAlso liked “Check out my New Jersey Sinkhole Playlist”@TidalFlats