FireFly is a small, discreet application that sits in the top right hand corner of your screen. You can zoom around your PC dragging and dropping files as you go.
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Like Christmas lights gently floating in midair,fireflies always add a little bit of magic to the forests they live in.
But some firefly species add even more magic.In Southeast Asia, if you go out to the riverbank deep in the night,you'll be treated to this stunning lightshow – courtesy of the Thailand firefly:
Fortnite battle royale symbol. A whole mangrove forest, lighting up all at once,plunging into darkness, then lighting up all again – in near-perfect synchrony.How do thousands of fireflies coordinate with each other?Who is the conductor of this silent symphony?
This was a mystery for nearly a century, and in 1992,a team of US scientists set out to solve it.Sadly, but not surprisingly, the press mocked them –'Govt. Blows Your Tax $$ to Study Fireflies in Borneo:Not a Bright Idea!' read one tabloid.Undeterred, the scientists pressed on, cameras and calculators in hand.
So, how do thousands of fireflies pick a leader to follow,a maestro to keep their flashing in time?The answer, the scientists found, is simple: Famous laptop games.
They don't.
Each firefly has its own individual internal clock,and every time the clock 'strikes twelve', it flashes.
Firefly Board Game
And instead of synchronizing their clocks to a central leader,each firefly does the following:
Firefly Computer Game
Step 1: when you see a nearby firefly flash,nudge your clock a little bit forward.
Step 2: that's it.
Can such a small, short-ranged interaction really cause anentire forest-ful of fireflies to flash in synchronous harmony?Only one way to find out..
Wait. Watch carefully.
What do you see?
At first, not much.The fireflies still seem to be flashing without pattern.
But after a while, you may notice small 'patches' of fireflies firing together –but these individual 'patches' are still out of sync.
After a bit longer, you start seeing fireflies performing a 'wave',like excited fans in the stands during a baseball game.
Finally, all but a few fireflies are flashing together –and eventually, even these laggards join in the collective dance.
What's more amazing? If you disrupt these fireflies by causing some chaos..
to mess up these
fireflies, again →
..yes, it may cause them to divide for a moment, but slowly and surely,they shall collect themselves again, and flash as one.
Here's a few more buttons & sliders you can use,to play around with these virtual fireflies:
And that's the secret behind our fireflies' magic trick:
As it turns out, fireflies aren't the only things thatsynchronize themselves from the bottom up.Your neurons create brain waves.Your heart's pacemaker cells fire in sync.Even a bunch of lifeless metronomes on a wobbly platform will start to march together.On top of all that, understanding self-synchrony has helped us build betterlasers, computers, and communications technology!
And to think, the mathematics of self-synchronizing systems was discoveredin part by a few scientists who just really loved fireflies.Looks like calling their project 'Not a Bright Idea' was not a bright idea.
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You float along, softly, in silence,occasionally punctuating the darkness with a small dot of bright light.By yourself, there's not much to see.
Dragonvale online game. But whenever you shine, you inspire those close to you to shine too,a little bit sooner than they otherwise would have.And those close to you, in turn, inspire those close to them.
And so on, and so on.
First, a few small groups start flashing together.Then, a wave of light sweeps across the swarm.Finally, you're all dazzling together,a brilliant beacon, all in harmony, in tandem – in synchrony.
What small-scale interaction will you make today, little firefly?
Inspired by Steven Strogatz's book,
SYNC: How Order Emerges From Chaos In the Universe, Nature, and Daily Life
Created by Nicky Case, with the love & support of my patrons (see them all here)
'Fireflies' is open source, dedicated to the public domain. (Get the code on Github!)
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