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hesitation

Submitted by SandraGandarez on Sun, 03/22/2009 - 1:10pm.

Since the boxes communicate with each other rather than having a conductor control their actions, does that mean that there is a hesitation between what the first box knows and what the last box does? An example could be with the swimmerets of the crayfish. If there are 5 swimmerets then it seems logical that the second swimmeret will know what the first swimmeret is doing before the others. My question is if that hesitation in the transfer of information causes a hesitation in action? Do the swimmerets do their pattern on purpose or are they merely acting when they receive a signal, which is later than the previous swimmeret?

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