The cyber-centipede: From Linnaeus to big data
Monday, October 28, 2013 - 11:50
in Mathematics & Economics
The rates of extinction have lent urgency to the description of new species, but what is the point of names without meaningful data? A new study presents an innovative holistic approach based on the 'cybertype', a 3D computer image that can be downloaded anywhere in the world and a swathe of additional data types to suit modern biology, all illustrated by the 'cyber centipede' Eupolybothrus cavernicolus.