IBM's Blue Gene Models Cat's Entire Brain
Using 144 terabytes of RAM, scientists simulate a cat's cerebral cortex based on 1 billion neurons and 10 trillion synapses Category: TechnologyYear: 2009Tags: ibm, catbrain, simulation, ai, bluegene,...
View ArticleCognitive dysfunction reversed in mouse model of Down syndrome
findings from the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital shed light on the neural basis of memory defects in Down syndrome and suggest a new strategy for treating...
View ArticleSocial Media Video Viewing Up 98%
Time spent viewing video on social networking sites increased 98% last month, from 503.8 million minutes in October 2008 to 999.4 million in October 2009, according to Nielsen.Category: Social...
View ArticleCloud computing: Clash of the clouds
The launch of Windows 7 marks the end of an era in computing—and the beginning of an epic battle between Microsoft, Google, Apple and othersCategory: Business & WorkYear: GeneralTags:...
View ArticleJoseph Nye on American Power in the 21st Century
Harvard's Joseph Nye, author of the book "Soft Power" argues that American power in the 21st century will be different, but "not one of decline." But this formulation ignores the many elements of...
View ArticleFake blood 2.0?
Newly created synthetic particles that mimic red blood cells may one day carry drug molecules and/or oxygen through bloodstreams, according to researchers writing in this week's issue of the...
View ArticleThe Future of Publishing
Neat little quasi-palindrome video on the future of publishing.Category: CommunicationYear: GeneralTags: publishing, futoreofpublishing, dorlingkindersleybooks, ereaders
View ArticleMicrosoft Throws Its Weight Behind HTML5 and H.264
Microsoft has taken a big step toward standards-based web video by announcing support for HTML5 and the H.264 encoding format in Internet Explorer 9, the next version of its web browser.Category: The...
View ArticleThe world's only immortal animal
The turritopsis nutricula species of jellyfish may be the only animal in the world to have truly discovered the fountain of youth. Since it is capable of cycling from a mature adult stage to an...
View ArticleSemantic Future
The next phase of the Internet will be about creating value from masses of data; data on a scale that is almost unimaginable and almost all of it totally free.Category: The WebYear: GeneralTags:...
View ArticleUS Army meets with Apple, discusses tech for soldiers
"Rather than continuing to invest heaps of money to research its own devices, Maj. Gen. Justice wants to take a different approach: leveraging the knowledge and research of the commercial sector into...
View ArticleReplacement Bones, Grown to Order in the Lab
Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, a professor of biomedical engineering at Columbia University, has solved one of many problems on the way to successful bone implants: how to grow new bones in the anatomical...
View ArticleDoes the Splinternet Signify End of Web Golden Age?
The whole framework of the Web (and Web marketing) is based around the idea that everything is in a compatible format... Now with iPhones, Androids, Kindles, Tablets, and TVs connecting to the Web,...
View ArticleUndersea volcano may collapse, cause devastating Italian tsunami
A destructive, but not unrealistic wild-card.Category: EnvironmentYear: GeneralTags: tsunami, europe, italy
View ArticleTwitter Predicts Box-Office Sales Better Than HSX
It's been reported that Twitter mining leads to better box office prediction results than HSX.com. This is a big deal for the evolution of online prediction markets. Expect more people to start mining...
View ArticleFuture Human Evolution Art Gallery
Future Human Evolution Art GalleryCategory: EntertainmentYear: BeyondTags: future, human, evolution, art, gallery
View ArticleRobot-Human Marriages Inevitable by 2050 says Levy
Levy, a British researcher who recently earned a Ph.D. from the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands, believes that by 2050, robots and humans will be able to marry legally in the United States....
View ArticleProsthetic Fingers That Grab Gracefully
ProDigits can replace any or all fingers on a hand; each replacement digit has a tiny motor and gear box mounted at the base. Movement is controlled by a computer chip in the prosthesis. The...
View ArticleWhat will bathrooms look like in the future? - Holy Kaw!
Some interesting visuals of bathroom designs for the future. The ones with the green shoots are weird.Category: The HomeYear: 2012Tags: bathroom, shower, poop
View ArticleHigher Education Reimagined With Online Courseware
The Open University, the distance-learning behemoth based in England, has vastly increased its visibility with open courses, which frequently show up in the Top 5 downloads on Apple’s iTunes U, a...
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