In October 2010, Stanford University graduates Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger launched a new iPhone application, Instagram, yet another oddly named technology start-up in a crowded field of hopefuls.
Then it checks the information uploaded into the lander by the rest of the hive and decides to either start a new search or visit a cave discovered by another robot.
What bothers Mr Obuchi and his colleagues in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party is that, having demonstrated the effectiveness of their new tactics, the opposition could start knocking off one cabinet member after another.
India's Foreign Investment Promotion Board on March 6 approved a plan of AirAsia to start a new airline in the country in a joint venture with Tata Sons Ltd. and another local company.