From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Thu Apr 03 2003 - 11:08:10 PST
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Digging through data for omens
Apr. 7, 2003
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The DoD's controversial Total
Information Awareness program has
begun data mining to find clues to
terrorism by spotting suspicious
patterns across multiple...
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Cyc-ing out the terrorists
Apr. 7, 2003
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Under a $9.8 million grant from the
Defense Department's Information
Awareness Office, Cyc has acquired a
trove of knowledge about past
terrorist activities, tactics, and
weapons. The objective: sniff out
terrorist...
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Yeast protein wires supercomputers
Mar. 31, 2003
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Investigators are experimenting
with biological materials that can
arrange themselves into strings
spontaneously, using genetically
engineered yeast amyloids or prions.
These strands would be stable and
would serve as the backbone for
metal to attach onto, creating wires
for self-assembling...
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The Aims of Artificial
Intelligence:
January-February 2003
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What does an artificial
intelligence do with itself after it
has become self-aware? The goals of
an AI might be (1) survive the
present universe's demise and (2)
preserve the human species in its
current mental state within a huge
simulation as a yardstick of what
biologically evolved self and...
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The Fight to Control Your Mind
April 2003
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Should the government have the
right to alter the biochemistry of
your brain? Richard Glen Boire,
codirector and legal counsel of the
Center for Cognitive Liberty and
Ethics, says no, and he's making his
case before the Supreme Court....
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Who Loves Ya, Baby?
April 2003)
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New social-network-mapping software
can automatically infer networks of
social interaction from email
traffic. These visualizations are
especially interesting for large
organizations, where social networks
can play a key role in the success
or failure of the operation....
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Organic Ink Helps Scientists
'Write' Tiny Fluid Factories
March 24, 2003
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Researchers have developed a new
method of "writing" tiny
three-dimensional arrays of pipes in
millimeter-size devices that could
aid in the development of new
biosensors or improved
"labs-on-chips."...
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