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Date: Wed Jul 16 2003 - 08:22:08 PDT
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The Robot Won't Bite You, Dear
Jul. 15, 2003
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Fear of robots and other supposedly
sentient technology is what
motivated organizers to host
ArtBots, held in New York City this
past weekend. Exhibits included:
BabyBott looked like a giant baby
bottle and cooed when it was
cuddled. Its talent: making people
take care of it. Tribblation,...
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Why A.I. Is Brain-Dead
August 2003
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"There is no computer that has
common sense," says Marvin Minsky.
"We're only getting the kinds of
things that are capable of making an
airline reservation. No computer can
look around a room and tell you
about it." AI's biggest deficiency
right now: "The lack of people with
an interest in...
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Machine vs. Man: Checkmate
July 21, 2003
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"There's a scary lesson in these
contests between the grandmaster and
his soulless opponents. We are
sharing our world with another
species, one that gets smarter and
more independent every year. Though
some people scoff at the idea that
machines could become autonomous,
remember it wasn't long ago...
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Fat Pipe Dream
August 2003
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A new gigabit Ethernet network
provides Internet access to Japanese
homes at 12 megabits per second --
eight times faster than what
Americans are used to -- for about
$21 a month. The "Yahoo! BB" brand
service includes voice-over-IP (less
than 3 cents a minute for a call
from Tokyo to New...
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Researchers define human gene
regions highly prone to mutation
July 15, 2003
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UT Southwestern Medical Center at
Dallas researchers have taken the
first step in defining the sites in
human genes most prone to mutation,
which eventually could lead to
discovery of the genetic bases of
many human diseases. The researchers
showed that a large fraction of
human cSNPs occur at...
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Telomere shortening may be early
marker of cancer activity
July 15, 2003
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Telomere shortening may be one of
the earliest and most prevalent
changes on a cell's path to cancer,
according to two studies presented
at the 94th Annual Meeting of the
American Association for Cancer
Research (AACR). As cells divide and
age, telomere DNA is lost and
telomeres get shorter and...
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UCLA Physicists Create Single
Molecule Nanoscale Sensor
June 23, 2003
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Physicists have created a
first-of-its-kind nanoscale sensor,
using a single molecule more than
1,000 times smaller than the
thickness of a human hair to
recognize the presence of a specific
short sequence in a mixture of DNA
or RNA molecules that could help
with early diagnosis of genetic...
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Nanotube Transistors Make Memory
June 13, 2003
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Researchers in Korea have laid the
groundwork for making nonvolatile
computer memory out of carbon
nanotubes. Arranged vertically, the
storage devices could be used to
make nonvolatile memory that stores
200 gigabits per square inch, which
is about 200 times the capacity of
today's memory chips,...
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Weird Web Data Foxes Experts
June 24, 2003
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Strange packets of data found on
the Internet are worrying net
security experts. Some believe the
packets are part of a new scanning
tool that maps networks and reports
vulnerabilities that it finds.
Efforts to track down the source of
the large data packets have proved
largely...
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