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Tech_Frontiers_Honeybees_071217.appHeader = "<FONT SIZE=4><b>The Web server buzz<br><b></FONT><br>";
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Tech_Frontiers_Honeybees_071217[i-1].body = "<FONT SIZE=3 color=#CC0000><b>The waggle dance</b></FONT><p>The unusual waggle dance of the honeybee helps other members of the hive home in on the best nectar source, like this worker collecting sugar water from a container. A new study details how the intricate dance-based communication has inspired a more efficient Internet server system. <br> <br><P ALIGN=RIGHT><i>-- Bryn Nelson</i>";

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Tech_Frontiers_Honeybees_071217[i-1].body = "<br><FONT SIZE=3 color=#CC0000><b>Nectar-gathering problem</b></FONT><p>The nectar-gathering problem is especially challenging because optimal nectar sources can change according to the type of flower, weather and even time of day - not unlike how Web servers experience sudden spikes in demand.";

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Tech_Frontiers_Honeybees_071217[i-1].body = "<br><FONT SIZE=3 color=#CC0000><b>Allocating resources</b></FONT><p>The honeybees&#146; ability to respond quickly to changing resources relies upon a clever allocation of workers, with the waggle dance at its center. ";

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Tech_Frontiers_Honeybees_071217[i-1].body = "<br><FONT SIZE=3 color=#CC0000><b>Computing solution</b></FONT><p>Georgia Tech&#146;s Craig Tovey found that Internet servers tasked with hosting a variety of Web services and foraging honeybees gathering nectar from competing sources faced similar obstacles in maintaining a steady input despite ever-changing environments. The result was a proposal to base a computing solution on the bees&#146; waggle dance.";

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Tech_Frontiers_Honeybees_071217[i-1].body = "<br><FONT SIZE=3 color=#CC0000><b>Advertisement boards</b></FONT><p>With an advertisement board as a stand-in for the hive&#146;s dance floor, researchers found that Internet servers could be efficiently recruited to help out with specific Web sites, based on fluctuating demand. Revenue, page clicks or other parameters measuring a site&#146;s popularity can all work as online nectar substitutes.";

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