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@ 10:30:31 Accepting the costs of a life in football MONDAY: We have 1017 guests online and 1 member online Lying in his hospital bed, Reggie Williams watched a flow of blood, four or five inches high, coming from his postsurgical knee.
@ 10:30:31 Designing Bug Perception into Robots Insects have provided the inspiration for a team of European researchers seeking to improve the functionality of robots and robotic tools.
@ 10:30:26 Pursuing the Next Level of Artificial Intelligence - New York Times Pursuing the Next Level of Artificial IntelligenceNew York Times, United States - May 2, 2008Like a good gambler, Daphne Koller, a researcher at Stanford whose work has led to advances in artificial intelligence, sees the world as a web of ...
@ 10:30:26 Artificial Intelligence Boosts Science From Mars - Science Daily (press release) Artificial Intelligence Boosts Science From MarsScience Daily (press release) - Apr 29, 2008ScienceDaily (Apr. 29, 2008) ? Artificial intelligence (AI) being used at the European Space Operations Centre is giving a powerful boost to ESA's Mars ...
@ 10:30:26 Artificial intelligence helps explore Mars - VNUNet.com Artificial intelligence helps explore MarsVNUNet.com, UK - Apr 30, 2008The European Space Agency (ESA) is using artificial intelligence to help its Mars Express probe search for life on the Red Planet. ...
@ 10:30:26 WhiteSmoke 2008 Extended Edition Uses Artificial Intelligence to ... - PR Newswire (press release) WhiteSmoke 2008 Extended Edition Uses Artificial Intelligence to ...PR Newswire (press release), NY - May 6, 2008WILMINGTON, Delaware, May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- WhiteSmoke today launched the new WhiteSmoke 2008 Extended Edition of its advanced grammar and writing software, ...
@ 10:30:26 Professor ferrets out mysteries of biology by giving computers ... - Stanford Report Professor ferrets out mysteries of biology by giving computers ...Stanford Report - May 7, 2008BY DAVID ORENSTEIN As a computer scientist who endows machines with artificial intelligence, Daphne Koller might seem an unlikely person to draw inspiration ...
@ 10:30:26 Piecing Together The Next Generation Of Cognitive Robots - Science Daily (press release) Piecing Together The Next Generation Of Cognitive RobotsScience Daily (press release) - May 6, 2008Robotic vacuum cleaners are becoming increasingly popular in homes, as too are toys that incorporate artificial intelligence. And the creation of robots ...
@ 10:30:26 Artificial intelligence, really - Macon Telegraph Artificial intelligence, reallyMacon Telegraph, GA - May 3, 2008"There really isn't that much information available, but I've been in contact with some people in artificial intelligence." Colby adapted the neural network ...
@ 10:30:26 Spying, Artificial Intelligence and Martial Law - OpEdNews OpEdNewsSpying, Artificial Intelligence and Martial LawOpEdNews, PA - May 1, 2008... whatsoever is gathering massive amounts of data on every American and running artificial intelligence software to predict each American's behavior, ...
@ 10:30:26 Stoxpoker Coaches Battle World's Best Poker Artificial ... - PR Web (press release) Stoxpoker Coaches Battle World's Best Poker Artificial ...PR Web (press release), WA - May 2, 2008The matchup will pit the world's best artificial intelligence (AI) poker program against a host of Stoxpoker coaches, who are some of the biggest winners in ...
@ 10:30:26 Artificial intelligence for robotic exploration: Q&A with Ari ... - European Space Agency Artificial intelligence for robotic exploration: Q&A with Ari ...European Space Agency, France - Apr 29, 2008Dr Ari Kristinn Jónsson says that artificial intelligence (AI) can open up new opportunities for the long-term exploration of the solar system, ...
@ 10:00:18 Human aging gene found in flies University of Oxford and Open University researchers have found the fruit fly equivalent of WRN, the gene that causes the premature-aging of Werner syndrome. Finding this gene means that these flies can now be used to study the effects aging has on DNA. Patients with Werner syndrome have a damaged WRN gene that causes instability in their genomes. They age rapidly after puberty, rarely living beyond their early fifties, and often have cancer. Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council News Release (Source: )
@ 10:00:18 Your Brain on Ethics University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and California Institute of Technology researchers used fMRI scans to observe the brain making morally charged tradeoffs between two different motivations. Volunteers were scanned as they decided between pairs of difficult options on how to distribute scarce meals to children at an orphanage. The choices reflected a balance between avoiding inequity (one child receiving less food than others) and maximizing the common good (the count of meals available to all children). The researchers found that different areas of the brain tracked the two motivations. The insula (a region associated with processing emotion) became more active when the volunteers had to consider inequitable distributions. Another region, the putamen, seemed to track the common good (maximizing total meals). (Source: http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2008/508/1)
@ 10:00:18 Suspected cause of type 1 diabetes observed Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis working with diabetic mice have found dendritic cells in the islets of Langerhans carrying insulin and fragments of insulin-producing cells known as beta cells, which could trigger an immune attack on beta cells. Washington University in St. Louis News Release (Source: )
@ 10:00:18 Legislation Introduced to Spur Treatments for Brain Ailments American lawmakers have introduced the National Neurotechnology Initiative Act (NNTI), providing $200 million to speed the development of new, safer therapies for brain and nervous system disorders and injuries, which affect an estimated 100 million Americans and cost an estimated $1.3 trillion annually to treat. (Source: http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=legislation-introduced-to)
@ 10:00:16 Smart microbes: bacteria anticipate changing environments Princeton University researchers have found that bacteria can evolve to predict upcoming events based on environmental cues. When E. coli enters the body, it experiences warmth (in the mouth) and then low oxygen (in the gut). The researchers found that warm temperatures alone triggered the E. coli to switch to a less efficient, low-oxygen mode. When they grew the bacteria in controlled conditions that divorced the rise in temperature from a change in oxygen levels, the microbes stopped anticipating lower oxygen levels after a few hundred generations. Knowing which signals cause bacteria to become semi-dormant, and how the signals work, could lead to ways to trick the bacteria into remaining in a slow-growth mode inside of people. (Source: http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/31877/title/Smart_microbes)
@ 09:30:23 Scott Reif Scott Reif, the author of "The Future of Advanced Transportation", joins our Futurists Board.
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@ 09:00:33 Forrester Sees Convergence Trend In BI, Search The boundary between business intelligence and search technologies is beginning to blur, and information and knowledge management professionals should take advantage of this convergence to provide ...
@ 09:00:33 How to prepare your workforce for the next decade In terms of our long-term business planning, what sorts of trends can we expect to see in the workforce over the next 10 years? Jo Causon, Director, marketing and corporate affairs, Chartered Management ...
@ 09:00:26 Artificial intelligence for robotic exploration: Q&A with Ari ... - European Space Agency Artificial intelligence for robotic exploration: Q&A with Ari ...European Space Agency, France - Apr 29, 2008Dr Ari Kristinn Jónsson says that artificial intelligence (AI) can open up new opportunities for the long-term exploration of the solar system, ...
@ 09:00:25 How to prepare your workforce for the next decade - CNN CNNHow to prepare your workforce for the next decadeCNN - 1 hour agoThese ranged from a world run by robots, where advances in artificial intelligence gradually increase our dependence on technology, to an aging population, ...
@ 09:00:25 Pursuing the Next Level of Artificial Intelligence - New York Times Pursuing the Next Level of Artificial IntelligenceNew York Times, United States - May 2, 2008Like a good gambler, Daphne Koller, a researcher at Stanford whose work has led to advances in artificial intelligence, sees the world as a web of ...
@ 09:00:25 Artificial Intelligence Boosts Science From Mars - Science Daily (press release) Artificial Intelligence Boosts Science From MarsScience Daily (press release) - Apr 29, 2008ScienceDaily (Apr. 29, 2008) ? Artificial intelligence (AI) being used at the European Space Operations Centre is giving a powerful boost to ESA's Mars ...