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My heart's in accra March 2, 2008
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In a talk at the BIL unconference
following TED, entitled "Not the TED
Commandments, or How to Be a
Successful Heretic," gerontologist
Aubrey de Gray offered ten
commandments -- rules for successful
revolutions in thinking....
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Got Sleep? CDC says 1 out of 10
Americans are sleep deprived
iTwire March 2, 2008
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A Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) research study
states that 10 percent of adults --
50 to 70 million adult Americans --
are not getting sufficient rest or
sleep every night. Chronic sleep
loss and sleep disorders also raise
the risk for additional health
problems. The National Sleep
Foundation reports that adults need
seven...
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A Viral Attack against Brain Tumors
Technology Review March 3, 2008
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Yale University researchers have
found that a virus -- vesicular
stomatitis virus (VSV), in the same
family as rabies -- effectively
kills an aggressive form of human
brain cancer in mice....
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The Digital Utility
Technology Review March/April 2008
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In a new book, The Big Switch:
Rewiring the World, from Edison to
Google, Nicholas Carr argues that
we're moving from the era of the
personal computer to an age of
utility computing--by which he means
the expansion of grid computing, the
distribution of computing and
storage over the Internet, until it
accounts for the bulk of what the
human race...
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Co-Founder: YouTube Live Video
Coming This Year
Information Week Feb. 29, 2008
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YouTube co-founder Steve Chen says
the site plans to launch a live
streaming video service this year,
with live chat while the video is...
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Robots enter Japan's daily life
CNN International/AP March 3, 2008
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Japan is perhaps the closest
country to a future where humans and
intelligent robots routinely live
side by side and interact socially:
with more than a fifth of the
population 65 or older, the country
is banking on robots to replenish
the work force and care for the
elderly. Robots in Japan are serving
as receptionists, vacuuming office...
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Flexible robotic fin does away with
drag
Newscientist.com News Service Feb. 29, 2008
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Researchers have built a robotic
fin that uses flexibility to produce
constant thrust and eliminate drag
while moving, mimicking the
energy-efficient movement of a
fish's pectoral fins. Fish-like fins
could make autonomous underwater
vehicles more agile: the bluegill
sunfish can hover, rotate, move
forwards and come to a stop using
pectoral...
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Researchers find key step in
programmed cell death
KurzweilAI.net March 3, 2008
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St. Jude Children's Research
Hospital researchers have discovered
three molecules that together
protect certain cells from
undergoing apoptosis--programmed
cell death--describing one mechanism
for how cells may delay apoptosis.
Molecular malfunctions that trigger
apoptosis may cause some diseases,
including Parkinson's disease. St.
Jude...
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Quantum corkscrews from twisting
electron waves
Nanowerk News February 29, 2008
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Researchers from the RIKEN Frontier
Research System have shown that
vortices similar to those of
"twisted light" can be produced in
beams of electrons. Optical vortices
can be made by passing a laser beam
through a fork-shaped
computer-generated hologram.
Electron-beam vortices could be
produced in a similar fashion, using
a thin crystal plate...
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Plan to teach baby robot to talk
BBC News Feb. 28, 2008
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University of Plymouth roboticists
and language development experts
plan to work with a humanoid baby
robot called iCub to research how
parents teach children to speak.
Their findings could lead to the
development of humanoid robots that
learn, think and...
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*UPDATE* BIL event now closed
KurzweilAI.net March 1, 2008
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UPDATE 3/1/08: THIS EVENT IS NOW
CLOSED BIL, a "self-organizing,
emergent, and anarchic" free event
with self-selected speakers, is
scheduled to run March 1-2 right
after TED in El Estero Park Complex
in Monterey, California. BIL
presenters will include longevity
guru Aubrey de Grey ("How to Be a
Successful Heretic"), physicist A.
Garrett...
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