New Scientist magazine reports that with the availability of ever more powerful computers, the advent of distributed computing "grids" and the emergence of multicore chips, evolutionary or genetic algorithms are now developing better designs than human designers. However there are concerns that some of these designs may be unpredictable as no human designer knows exactly how they work.

Image: Italian Grid for Business, Industry, Government, EScience and Technology

To read the full article

Tags: biomimicry

Bioteams Books Reviews

Business networks are biological

September 9, 2005 | article by Ken Thompson in Book Reviews (37)

Networks competing with networks is the future for supply chains. Harvard Professor Marco Iansiti in his book "The Keystone Advantage: What the New Dynamics of Business Ecosystems Mean for Strategy, Innovation and Sustainability" predicts that the future business competition will not be between companies or even supply chains but between networks.

Buy it now from:
Amazon.Com
Amazon.Co.UK

| Permalink

continue reading

Click here to check all Bioteams book reviews