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Intel reveals design for fast,
efficient future chips
AFP Aug. 4, 2008
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Intel plans to release in 2009 or
2010 a first wave of Larrabee chips
with 16 to 48 cores, tailored for
handling computer game graphics.
Multi-core chips cut energy use and
heat while speeding performance by
dividing tasks between cores. Intel
Research director Andrew Chien
predicts that multi-core chips will
let computers "bridge the...
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The Brain Unmasked
Technology Review Aug. 6, 2008
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A variation on MRI called diffusion
sensor imaging allows scientists to
map the neural fibers that relay
signals in the brain. In this
example, each fiber in the image
represents hundreds to thousands of
fibers in the brain, each traveling
along the same path. (George Day,
Ruopeng Wang, Jeremy Schmahmann, Van
Wedeen,...
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Estrogen Relieves Psychotic
Symptoms In Women With Schizophrenia
Science Daily Aug. 5, 2008
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When combined with antipsychotic
medications, estradiol appears to be
a useful treatment in women with
schizophrenia, a study by The Alfred
and Monash University and The Alfred
Hospital, Melbourne, Australia has...
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Breakthrough In Quantum Mechanics:
Superconducting Electronic Circuit
Pumps Microwave Photons
ScienceDaily Aug. 5, 2008
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Researchers at UC Santa Barbara
have used a superconducting
electronic circuit known as a
Josephson phase qubit to store up to
six microwave photons in a
superconducting microwave resonator.
The research could help in the quest
to build a quantum...
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Designers on quest to build $12
computer
Boston Herald Aug. 4, 2008
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A six-member team at the MIT
International Development Design
Summit is attempting to design a $12
computer based on old Apple II
computers. They are writing improved
programs and hooking the devices to
the Web via tethered cell phones.
The group also wants to add memory
chips to allow users to write and
store their own...
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Obscura demonstrates Minority
Report display
PC Pro Aug. 5, 2008
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Obscura Digital has released a
video of a "multi-touch hologram"
technolgy that shows a man
interacting with holographic images
projected before him, moving them
around and resizing them much as you
would on Microsoft's Surface. The
product is dubbed...
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