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Paralysed man's mind is 'read'
BBC News Nov. 15, 2007
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Electrodes have been implanted in
the brain of Eric Ramsay, who has
been "locked in" -- conscious but
paralysed -- since a car crash eight
years ago. These have been recording
pulses in areas of the brain
involved in speech and plan to use
the signals he generates to drive
speech software. Researchers at
Boston University believe they can...
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My Genome, Myself: Seeking Clues in
DNA
New York Times Nov. 17, 2007
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For as little as $1,000 and a
saliva sample, customers will be
able to learn what is known so far
about how the billions of bits in
their DNA shape who they are and
what their health risks may be.
Three companies have already
announced plans to market such
services....
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The Death of E-Mail
Slate Nov. 14, 2007
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Email is increasingly for old
people, as kids turn to
instant-messaging, mobile
text-messaging, blogging,
micro-blogging, Twitter tweet, and
Facebook status updates to overcome
e-mail's...
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Using Neural Signals To Predict
Sensory Decisions
Science Daily Nov. 18, 2007
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International School for Advanced
Studies combine high-speed
videography with neural recordings
from somatosensory cortex to show
that it is possible to use firing
patterns to predict the decisions of
rats as they contact textures in
their...
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Tracking Flow With Smart Dust
Science Daily Nov. 19, 2007
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Tiny probes packed with
instrumentation have been turned
loose in a laboratory in France. The
two-centimeter probes float freely
underwater, measure local
temperatures down to a millionth of
a degree Kelvin, and send it all
back wirelessly....
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Enzymes Key To Brainpower
Identified
Science Daily Nov. 16, 2007
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MIT researchers have identified the
enzymes that work behind the scenes
on PSD-95, a key building block of
synapses, by adding a phosphate
group to a specific amino acid in
the PSD-95 protein. Manipulating
PSD-95 through phosphorylation could
lead to bigger and more robust
synapses, which would boost
brainpower in both normal and
diseased...
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Imaging Neural Progenitor Cells In
The Living Human Brain
ScienceDaily Nov. 17, 2007
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Investigators have identified a way
to detect stem/neural progenitor
cells (NPCs), which can develop into
neurons and other nervous system
cells, in the living human brain
using magnetic resonance
spectroscopy (MRS). (Stony Brook
University) The finding may lead to
improved diagnosis and treatment for
depression, Parkinson's disease,...
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The Future of Reading
Newsweek Nov 26, 2007
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This week Bezos is releasing the
Amazon Kindle, an electronic device
that he hopes will leapfrog over
previous attempts at e-readers and
become the turning point in a
transformation toward Book 2.0. The
$399 handheld device, now available,
uses wireless connectivity, via
"Whispernet," based on the EV-DO
broadband service offered by
cell-phone...
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Terabit-class data pipes movies in
an instant
Tech.co.uk Nov. 16, 2007
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Researchers at Japan's Tohoku
University have tweaked existing
quadrature amplitude modulation
(QAM) protocols to enable standard
fiber-optic cables to carry data at
hundreds of terabits per...
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Bee strategy helps servers run more
sweetly
PhysOrg.com November 16, 2007
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Honeybee swarm intelligence can be
used to improve the speed and
efficiency of Internet servers by up
to 25 percent according to Georgia
Institute of Technology researchers.
A bee dance-inspired communications
system developed by Georgia Tech
helps Internet servers that would
normally be devoted solely to one
task move between tasks as...
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Nanotube tangles power printable
batteries
NewScientist.com news service Nov. 16, 2007
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Batteries and supercapacitors that
can be printed onto a surface with
"nanotube ink" have been
demonstrated by University of
California Los Angeles researchers.
The components are made from two
layers containing carbon nanotubes
and a third layer of zinc foil, and
are less than a millimeter...
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Led by Robots, Roaches Abandon
Instincts
New York Times Nov. 18, 2007
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Researchers using robotic roaches
were able to persuade real
cockroaches to do things that their
instincts told them were not the
best idea. The experiment in bug
peer pressure combined entomology,
robotics and the study of ways that
complex and even intelligent
patterns can arise from simple...
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