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Date: Fri Nov 07 2003 - 09:28:55 PST
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Approval sought to test brain
implant
Boston Globe Nov 6, 2003
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Cyberkinetics Inc. is about to ask
federal regulators for permission to
start testing its BrainGate device,
which would enable paralyzed people
to control computers directly with
their brains or possibly help them
move their...
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A surreal timeline: When is 'The
Matrix'?
AP Nov. 4, 2003
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The Associated Press has compiled
an estimated timeline of the war
between men and machines. 2010-60 ?
Humans create humanoid drone robots
with Artificial Intelligence to fill
jobs as construction laborers and
servants. 2075 ? AI programs evolve
and some robots began to resent
their human...
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Machines have feelings too
The Independent Nov. 5, 2003
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A new book, Emotional Design by Don
Norman, argues that computers should
be given emotions. Professor
Norman's thesis is that emotion is
an essential part of our reaction to
anything we interact with. It's a
useful function that evolution has
equipped us with so that we don't
have to think about...
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Nanowire film brings cheaper,
faster electronics a step closer
KurzweilAI.net Nov. 7, 2003
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Researchers at Harvard University
have demonstrated for the first time
that they can easily apply a film of
tiny, high-performance silicon
nanowires to glass and plastic, a
development that could pave the way
for the next generation of cheaper,
lighter and more powerful consumer
electronics....
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Protein Map Shows Just What a Fly's
Genes Do
Reuters Nov 6, 2003
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Scientists have published the first
protein map of a complex organism, a
fruit fly, moving beyond charts that
simply show what the genetic code
looks like and beginning to show
what it actually does. The team at
several universities and at
biotechnology company CuraGen said
they were already...
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