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Artificial brains for robots?

Artificial brains for robots?Interesting...I read somwhere where this scientist thorized that computer are becoming so powerful that it might be possible to transfer the entire life experience of a person into one....ie you into a computer. Now "IF" they can make workable robots well.....Being a diabetic from age 6...

Tags: Robots, Asimov, CyberDyne, robot, Artificial brain

Discussion threads 2007-08-30

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Inside an early star-forming galaxy

U.S. astronomers from the California Institute of Technology Caltech have used adaptive optics AO on the 10-meter Keck Telescope in Hawaii in conjunction with other images provided by the Hubble Space Telescope to look inside a young star-forming galaxy as it appeared only two billion years after the Big Bang....

Tags: California Institute Of Technology, Image, Adaptive Optic, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-10-09

News to know: IBM earnings, Blackberry Storm, WiMax arrives, Oracle+ Primavera

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: IBM reports early. Profits up 20 percent, full year estimates reaffirmed. Larry Dignan: IBM: Beats earnings target but... Times are officially...

Tags: Touch Screen, Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, RIM BlackBerry, Earnings, IBM Corp., E-mail, Keyboards, Microsoft Windows, WiMAX, Monitors & Displays, Online Communications, Hardware, Peripherals, Operating Systems, Software, Wireless, Components, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-09

Watching brain cells in action

A Stanford University team has developed a microscope weighing only 1.1 grams. It is so small that it can be mounted to the head of a freely moving mouse to watch its brain cell activity. According to what said the lead researcher to New Scientist, 'A lot of work has...

Tags: Microscope, Mouse, Imaging, Muscle, Stanford University Team, Sarcomeres, Mice, Document Management, Hardware, Peripherals, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-10-08

C'mon, Vista really isn't that bad

C'mon, Vista really isn't that badRE: C'mon, Vista really isn't that badI agree, it eases the transition from the digital to the physical world for computer users and seems especially geared towards newer computer users and explaining steps and giving more information about the system itself and any software installed....

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, C'MON, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-10-08

Netrics offers vital link in automating healthcare

The application of standard artificial intelligence techniques, most of which have been around for many years, to the enormous and growing databases being created by health systems is very much overdue. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Hardware, Data Management, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Does the Semantic Web matter?

My business card reads 'Technology Evangelist,' and this is a blog about the Semantic Web. So that should be an unequivocal 'Yes!' then, right? However, it's frequently worthwhile to revisit and question presumptions, beliefs and 'truths,' and the Semantic Web that dominates so much of my working...

Tags: Web, Semantic Web, Internet, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-10-07

How a Mac Mini can beat a quad-core Vista behemoth (or how Apple can't write good software for Windows)

How a Mac Mini can beat a quad-core Vista behemoth (or how Apple can't write good software for Windows)Adrian - why would Apple write good Windows software?Apple has historically had an edge with video editing / graphical design applications. Now, since they've moved to an Intel platform, any hardware advantages...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Digital music, Desktops, Digital media, Operating systems, software, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, Vista behemoth, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple QuickTime, quad-core

Discussion threads 2008-10-07

Why bother with desktop virtualization?

Why bother with desktop virtualization?PortabilityNo matter where you are, there you are.Sit down at a workstation and light up your working environment. No need to drag the hardware with you, which ranges from annoying to hazardous, what with laptops being popular targets for confiscation at airports. Especially since...

Tags: desktop virtualization, desktop, English Language, virtualization

Discussion threads 2008-10-06

News to know: Green PCs, IT; IBM; Nokia; Apple

 Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: IBM launches beta of 'Bluehouse,' eyes Cisco's WebEx Matthew Miller: First impressions of the Nokia N96. Gallery right. Mary Jo...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Larry Dignan, Nokia Corp., PC, Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, IBM Corp., Podcasts, Linux, Internet, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Truevert stands on Yahoo!'s shoulders; learning to search for Green issues

Joining the growing band of search solutions built on top of Yahoo's Build Your Own Search Search Service BOSS initiative, Truevert seeks to apply semantics in providing a particular slant on searches across Yahoo!'s index. Topically, Truevert "is focused on green, environmental...

Tags: Taxonomy, Yahoo! Inc., Ontology, Search Result, Truevert, Search, Strategy, Management, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-10-06

SEC investigating fake Steve Jobs heart attack story

SEC investigating fake Steve Jobs heart attack storyArtificial vulnerability"...these sudden falls in stock price based on speculation and rumor show that Apple is at present very vulnerable, especially when it comes to Steve Jobs and his health."I just like to point out that the perceived vulnerability was created mostly by...

Tags: Vertical industries, Investment, SEC, Steve Jobs, Tweets, Yes Jobs, Liberation

Discussion threads 2008-10-04

Stop brain-dead software testing!

Stop brain-dead software testing!re: Stop brain-dead software testingin reality, its not usually software testing that's the problem. it's the project stakeholders who don't plan enough time to do adequate testing. it's the programmers who go way over their time estimates. it's the program managers or similar role...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, software testing, software

Discussion threads 2008-10-03

Mimicking electric eel cells to produce energy

A team of U.S. engineers has found that it's possible to build artificial cells replicating the electrical behavior of electric eel cells. In fact, these artificial cells deliver better performance than the real ones, called electrocytes, which can generate electric potentials of up to 600 volts. The researchers have developed...

Tags: Ion, Cell, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-10-03

Stop brain-dead software testing!

Lousy software testing damages many IT projects. When testing doesn't uncover obvious problems that prevent software from operating as users expect, then failed projects are inevitable. by Michael Krigsman

Tags: Software, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Software Testing, Failure, Erik Hollnagel, Tools & Techniques, Management, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-10-03

What if there was educational content for the Nintendo DSi?

What if there was educational content for the Nintendo DSi?RE: What if there was educational content for the Nintendo DSi?I certainly hope they do better with the browser offering. The one available for the current DS is a joke. As for educational offerings, Nintendo's systems usually seem to...

Tags: Games, Nintendo DSi, educational content, Nintendo Co. Ltd., What-If

Discussion threads 2008-10-02

Obama launches iPhone app; US election good for Twitter

Obama launches iPhone app; US election good for Twittermore reasons to dump the iPhoneAny true American will ignore this liberal application, and even drop the iPhone for a Blackberry.I’ll take a device that was created with McCain’s help over the Gore’s iPhone any day!RE: Obama launches iPhone app; US election...

Tags: Obama, Apple iPhone, iPhone App, Twitter

Discussion threads 2008-10-02

Brain My Day (exe)

We are very proud to present our take on how "brain training" game should look like. We really believe this kind of game should be as entertaining as other genres, and even more than that. You really have seen nothing until you try this game. No more of these boring...

Tags: MoreGames Entertainment, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2008-10-02

Anti-LHC lawsuit lands in legal black hole

A lame-brain lawsuit to stop the Large Hadron Collider is dead. U.S. District Judge Helen Gillmor has dismissed the suit because U.S. courts have no jurisdiction over the world's biggest atom-smasher based in Switzerland and France and built by CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research,...

Tags: Black Hole, Lawsuit, CERN, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-01

Apple strikes back against Psystar, asks for counterclaim to be dismissed

Apple strikes back against Psystar, asks for counterclaim to be dismissedEver wonder?Why Apple computers are so expensive and of such lower quality? because Apple is the whorst computer monopoly ever (like MS, but time 1000). Apple will do all it can including well known illegal activities to prevent competition and...

Tags: Software price, Apple Inc., MAC

Discussion threads 2008-10-01