Self-organization

Process of creating order by local interactions

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November 29 2021
Self-replicating machine
A research team at Harvard Wyss Institute successfully created the first living robots capable of self-reproduction, marking a significant breakthrough in the field of self-replicating machines.
January 15 2018
Google Wave
Apache Wave was discontinued, marking the end of the Wave project's development.
2016 A test pilot of Self-Organized Funding Allocation (SOFA) was initiated in the Netherlands, exploring an innovative method of distributing scientific research funding where researchers anonymously allocate a portion of their equal funding to other researchers' projects.
April 2012
Google Wave
All Google Wave content was scheduled to be deleted.
January 2012
Google Wave
Existing Waves were set to read-only status.
November 22 2011
Google Wave
Google announced that existing Waves would become read-only in January 2012 and all Waves would be deleted in April 2012.
2010
Google Wave
The Apache Software Foundation adopted the Wave project as an incubator project and began developing Wave in a Box.
August 4 2010
Google Wave
Google announced the suspension of stand-alone Wave development, indicating they would maintain the website for the remainder of the year.
May 19 2010
Google Wave
Google Wave was released to the general public, making the platform widely accessible.

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