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Nano-Bio-Info-Cogno Revolutions to
be Explored at Convergence08
KurzweilAI.net Sep. 18, 2008
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The Convergence08 Unconference on
Nano-Bio-Info-Cogno (NBIC)
technologies and their interactions
will be held November 15-16, 2008,
at the Computer History Museum in
Mountain View, California, keynoted
by futurist Paul Saffo. It will
feature debates on controversial
NBIC topics including synthetic
biology, longevity, and AI. The
"unconference"...
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Nano Carrier Targets Cell Sites
Technology Review Sep. 18, 2008
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A new targeted nano carrier that
selectively brings a cancer-killing
drug to the mitochondria of cells
has been developed by Midwestern
University College of Pharmacy and
Northeastern University researchers.
They enclosed the drug ceramide in a
sphere of lipids that were decorated
with a molecule known to accumulate
in the...
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White roofs, streets could curb
global warming
PhysOrg.com Sep. 17, 2008
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If the 100 largest cities in the
world replaced their dark roofs with
white shingles and their
asphalt-based roads with concrete or
other light-colored material, it
could offset 44 metric gigatons
(billion tons) of greenhouse gases,
a study by Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory and UC Berkeley
shows. White surfaces would also
lower the cost...
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Improving our ability to peek
inside molecules
PhysOrg.com Sep. 16, 2008
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Researchers at Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory are helping to
develop a new X-ray technique that
will enable them to create detailed
high-resolution images or nanoscale...
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Australian company launches 3D
Internet tool
PhysOrg.com Sep. 18, 2008
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ExitReality has developed an
application that allows users to
turn any regular website into a 3D
virtual environment, where an avatar
representing them can walk around
and meet other browsers viewing the
same website....
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Computers figuring out what words
mean
PhysOrg.com Sep. 18, 2008
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Cognition Technologies has
developed a semantic map intended to
teach computers the meanings behind
words and is licensing it to
software creators. The semantic map
is already used in LexisNexis
Concordance "e-discovery" software
to sift through documents amassed
during evidence phases of trials and
in a widely-used medical database....
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New Carbon Material Shows Promise
Of Storing Large Quantities Of
Renewable Electrical Energy
Science News Sep. 17, 2008
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University of Texas at Austin
researchers have developed
graphene-based ultracapacitor cells
that could double the capacity of
ultracapacitors, used to store
electrical charge....
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Curing the Wounds of Iraq with
Virtual Therapy
Discover Sep. 17, 2008
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Virtual Iraq uses a virtual world
to allow returning troops with
post-traumatic stress disorder to
vividly reexperience the episode in
a safe and controlled way to
desensitize individuals and help
them stay calm enough to reprocess
what happened and get beyond...
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Google and General Electric Team Up
on Energy Initiatives
New York Times Sep. 17, 2008
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Google and General Electric plan to
work together on technology and
policy initiatives to promote the
development of additional capacity
in the electricity grid and of
"smart grid" technologies to enable
plug-in hybrids and to manage energy
more efficiently. Their goal is to
make renewable energy more
accessible and...
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Google Launches Audio Indexing
TechCrunch Sep. 17, 2008
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Google has launched a beta audio
indexing service called GAudi that
will catalog all the words uttered
during an audio or video clip on
YouTube -- currently for political
sources only. Once collected, the
transcript will be added to a
searchable database that can be
accessed in much the same way you
search for text-based...
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A Face-Finding Search Engine
Technology Review Sep. 17, 2008
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Carnegie Mellon University
researchers are developing software
that could identify a person's face
in a low-resolution video and could
be used to identify criminals or
missing persons, or could be
integrated into next-generation
video search...
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