Deborah Gordon, a professor of biology at Stanford has been studying ants for over 20 years. By observing the colonies of these insects in his laboratory, individuals noticed patterns in which the workers went out to look for food, and before it decided to call a colleague, professor of computer science Balaji Prabhakar. Prabhakar, an expert in data transmission, initially found nothing unusual in the patterns of behavior of ants, but soon realized what was happening: “The next day I thought, it’s almost like the Internet protocols discover how much bandwidth is available to transfer a file “he said

Deborah Gordon, a professor of biology at Stanford has been studying ants for over 20 years. By observing the colonies of these insects in his laboratory, individuals noticed patterns in which the workers went out to look for food, and before it decided to call a colleague, professor of computer science Balaji Prabhakar.

The same group of tech entrepreneurs that created the “Declaration of Internet Freedom” petition earlier this summer are taking their message about an open and free internet on the road to get the attention of U.S. presidential candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney