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The Nanoethics Group publishes
nanotechnology anthology with
Springer
Nanowerk News April 28, 2008
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The Nanoethics Group has released
"Nanotechnology and Society: Current
and Emerging Ethical Issues," a
collection of papers addressing a
range of near-term issues related to
nanotechnology's ethical and social
implications. Published by Springer,
the essays tackle such contentious
issues as environmental impact,
health dangers, medical...
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Where Are They?
Technology Review May/June 2008
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Nick Bostrom, director of the
Future of Humanity Institute at the
University of Oxford, hopes the
search for extraterrestrial life
finds nothing. He says a finding of
some form of ET life might be a
sign, in combination with the lack
of any known communication so far
from ET, that any sufficiently
advanced civilization discovers some...
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My Brain on Booze
Technology Review April 29, 2008
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Alan Gevins, founder of the San
Francisco Brain Research Institute,
has developed a system that combines
EEG with cognitive testing--computer
tests that assess a person's memory
or ability to multitask--to get a
more direct measure of the brain's
ability to remember and pay
attention. The eventual goal is
using it to more precisely assess...
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Nano RNA Delivery
Technology Review April 29, 2008
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An experimental and potentially
powerful way to fight disease,
called RNA interference (RNAi),
could now be closer to reality, as
researchers at MIT and Alnylam, a
biotech company based in Cambridge,
MA, have addressed a key obstacle to
effectively delivering the treatment
to targeted cells. The researchers
report a method for quickly...
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US researchers have built a
proto-prototype nano assembler
Nanowerk April 28, 2008
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Researchers at the National
Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST) have developed an
early prototype for a nanoassembler.
The NIST system consists of four
Microelectromechanical Systems
(MEMS) devices positioned around a
centrally located port on a chip
into which the starting materials
can be placed. Each nanomanipulator
is composed of a...
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Computerized Combat Glove
Technology Review April 28, 2008
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RallyPoint, a startup based in
Cambridge, MA, has developed a
sensor-embedded glove that allows
the soldier to easily view and
navigate digital maps, activate
radio communications, and send
commands without having to take his
or her hand off their weapon.
(Brittany Sauser) It includes four
push-button sensors, a mouse
funtion, three...
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Learning from the Virtual You
All Things Considered/NPR April 27, 2008
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How you appear in the virtual world
could affect your behavior in real
life, according to researchers at
Stanford University. In this
podcast, Andrea Seabrook spoke with
Stanford's Jeremy Bailenson about
his research into how people
interact psychologically with their
virtual-reality...
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A Google Prototype for a Precision
Image Search
New York Times April 28, 2008
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Google researchers say they have
developed a new software technology
intended to do for digital images on
the Web what the company's original
PageRank software did for searches
of Web pages. Their VisualRank
algorithm combines image-recognition
software methods with techniques for
weighting and ranking images that
look most similar....
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Intel Strikes New Accord with Cray
eWeek April 28, 2008
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Intel has struck a new agreement
with Cray that the companies hope
will lead to technological
breakthroughs in the field of
supercomputers and high-performance
computing. Kirk Skaugen, vice
president of Intel's Digital
Enterprise Group, said their
combined technology could lead to
supercomputers that should easily
pass a petaflop in performance...
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Simple brain exercise can boost IQ
New Scientist news service April 28, 2008
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Experiments by University of
Michigan at Ann Arbor
neuropsychologists showed improved
"fluid intelligence," or Gf, the
ability to reason, solve new
problems and think in the abstract.
The first part of the "dual n-back"
exercise involves small squares on a
screen that pop into a new location
every three seconds. Volunteers have
to press a...
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Memory Training Shown to Turn Up
Brainpower
New York Times April 29, 2008
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University of Michigan researchers
have found that it may be possible
to train people to be more
intelligent, increasing the
brainpower they had at birth. Until
now, it had been widely assumed that
the kind of mental ability that
allows us to solve new problems
without having any relevant previous
experience--"fluid intelligence"--is
innate and...
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