At that point, backpressure and load shedding are the only things that retain a system that can still operate. If you have ever been in a Starbucks overwhelmed by mobile orders, you know the feeling.

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When British roboticist Dr. Peter Scott-Morgan was diagnosed with ALS in 2017, he was told the disease would gradually take his voice, his movement and, eventually, his place in the world. But he ...

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