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Tuesday, 29 November 2011 16:00

Website Enlists Crowds to Analyze Whale Songs

By Duncan Geere, Wired UK

The folks at Zooniverse have a new citizen science project for you to play with — matching up whalesong to try and analyze the watery leviathans’ language.

Sounds have been collected from both pilot whales and killer whales (both of which are actually species of dolphin). Each family of killer whales appears to have a distinct “ dialect” that it uses to communicate, and closely-related families appear to share calls. Biologists have begun to categorize those noises, but the species’ communication is still poorly understood.

Pilot whales, too, appear...

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Que tweete-t-on le plus ? Du people et du sport

Publié le 29-11-11 à 15:01 Modifié à 16:00 par Jérôme Hourdeaux Réagir Si l’on demande au "Twittos" quels ont été les événements les plus marquants traités sur le site de microblogging depuis sa création, beaucoup vous répondront, l’élection de Barack Obama, l’exécution d’Ossama Ben Laden ou encore la mort de Steve Jobs. M...

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Toyota, Yamaha Bring E-Bikes to Smart Grid

By Keith Barry
November 29, 2011 |
9:30 am |
Categories: EVs and Hybrids, Infrastructure, Motorcycles

Toyota and Yamaha have created a couple of commuter concepts that integrate e-bikes and battery-powered scooters to Toyota’s electric vehicle communications network. Now, e-bikes ...

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