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They’re doing a more complex job than a self driving car, with a pinhead sized brain, miniature sensors, and less power than a set of AirPods.
by mr_toad 3y ago
They’re doing a more complex job than a self driving car, with a pinhead sized brain, miniature sensors, and less power than a set of AirPods.
- s1artibartfast 3y agoI can't help but think about a fly buzzing against a window as I read this. I don't think the complexity of the tasks are very comparable.
- melagonster 3y agothis is because fly optimized to rely on its sense of smell first. but it can't use this to find way leave.
- amelius 3y agoIf you put a self driving car in an alien place (like roads with thick glass panels mounted on them) it wouldn't get very far either. In fact, put a self driving car inside an actual jungle and it would do worse than a fruit-fly inside one of our "concrete" jungles.
- yieldcrv 3y agoBattery dies in the same amount of time so I wouldn’t consider this a technical feat.