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Brain2Robot
PhysOrg.com Nov. 12, 2007
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In the Brain2Robot project, an
international team of researchers
has developed a robot control system
that works on the basis of
electroencephalograph (EEG) signals.
This could enable patients with
severe motor disabilities to regain
some of their lost autonomy. The
software is capable of detecting
changes in brain activity that take
place...
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Breakthrough toward
industrial-scale production of
nanodevices
PhysOrg.com Nov. 12, 2007
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National Institute of Standards and
Technology researchers have
developed a new method for growing
zinc oxide nanowires in the exact
positions where nanodevices for
electronic circuits later will be
fabricated, in a way that involves a
minimum number of fabrication steps
and is suitable for industrial-scale
applications. ( National Institute...
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A First Look at the Google Phone
New York Times November 13, 2007
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Google has teamed up with others in
the wireless industry to create an
open-source operating system, as
well as other services, for mobile
phones. To show what the Android
phones will look like, Google today
has posted a couple of demos of
their user interface, including
iPhone-like functions, and some
applications. Google executives...
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Smart Phone Suggests Things to Do
Technology Review Nov. 13, 2007
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Palo Alto Research Center (PARC)
researchers have developed
intelligent software that turns a
phone into a thoughtful personal
assistant that helps people find fun
things to do. The Magitti software
uses a combination of
cues--including the time of day, a
person's location, their past
behaviors, and even their text
messages--to infer their...
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Focusing Light on Silicon Beads
Technology Review November 13, 2007
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Clean Venture 21 (CV21), based in
Kyoto, Japan, has developed a novel
way of making solar cells that cuts
production costs by as much as 50
percent. (Clean Venture 21) The
photovoltaic (PV) cells are made up
of arrays of thousands of tiny
silicon spheres surrounded by
hexagonal reflectors. A solar cell
that uses far less silicon than...
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Hydrogen brewing gets an electrical
boost
NewScientist.com news service Nov. 12, 2007
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A new microbe-powered fuel-cell
design can extract up to 99 percent
of the available hydrogen from
biological compounds, using
microbial electrolysis cells (MECs)
to enable microbes to break down
organic materials completely, to
just water, carbon dioxide, and
hydrogen....
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New evidence for extragalactic
life-forming matter
NewScientist.com news service Nov. 13, 2007
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A team led by Sara Ellison of the
University of Victoria, Canada, has
found another galaxy about 2 billion
light years away with telltale
diffuse interstellar bands, possibly
indicative of polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons--organic compounds....
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IBM's Roadrunner set to smash
supercomputing marks
CNET News.Com November 12, 2007
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IBM is working on a computer
nicknamed "Roadrunner" that will be
capable of performing more than a
quadrillion operations, or a
petaflop, when it's fully
operational. It will combine Cell
processors, a family of chips found
inside the PlayStation 3, and
processors from Advanced Micro...
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BlueGene/L is still world's fastest
supercomputer
KurzweilAI.net Nov. 12, 2007
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IBM's Blue Gene/L supercomputer
continues its four-year domination
of the official TOP500 Supercomputer
Sites list for 2007, announced
today. BlueGene/L racks being
installed at Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory (Bob
Hirschfeld/LLNL) The IBM
supercomputer at Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory was expanded
this summer to...
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Could We Live Forever? Or Even Come
Close?
CBS News Sunday Morning Nov. 12, 2007
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Technology, along with lifestyle
changes, may extend our
already-increasing lifespans for
hundreds of years. "We've gone
20,000 years without significantly
changing the software that runs in
our body. We have the tools now to
do that," said Ray Kurzweil on CSB
News Sunday Morning, Nov. 11.
Related video: Ray Kurzweil on 60
Minutes...
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