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Researcher studies human brain with
digital orangutan
Computerworld Nov. 3, 2003
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A robot baby orangutan named Lucy
may someday tell us about how the
cerebral cortex works and help
people develop and build new
computational architectures inspired
by biological systems, according to
Steve Grand, Lucy's creator and
author of Growing Up With Lucy: How
to Build an Android in Twenty...
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The New World of Tailored
Treatments
BusinessWeek Nov. 7, 2003
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Pharmacogenomics, or "personalized
medicine," which involves using
genomic knowledge to tailor
treatments that best suit the
individual patient's needs, could
significantly improve treatments for
cancer and other major killers....
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Could We Live Forever?
New York Times Nov. 11, 2003
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By mid-century, some countries may
have life expectancies approaching
100 and life expectancies might
approach 130 by 2050, predicts Dr.
James Vaupel, director of the
laboratory of survival and longevity
at the Max Planck Institute for
Demographic Research. "There is no
fixed life span.... From...
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Can Robots Become Conscious?
New York Times Nov. 11, 2003
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What is consciousness? Can you put
it in a machine? And if you did, how
could you ever know for sure? With
the continuing gains in computing
power, many believe that artificial
intelligence will be attainable
within a few decades. Dr. Hans
Moravec, a professor of robotics at
Carnegie Mellon...
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Science Times 25th Anniversary
New York Times Nov. 11, 2003
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To celebrate its 25th anniversary,
the New York Times Science News
section poses 25 of the most
provocative questions facing
science....
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How Does the Brain Work?
New York Times November 11, 2003
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While lacking a coherent framework,
scientists are making progress in
mapping the correlations between
brain activity and behavior. New
imaging tools reveal circuits and
overall patterns of activity as
people solve problems or reflect on
their feelings. Genes expressed in
mouse brain cells are...
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Plan for UN to run internet 'will
be shelved'
Financial Times November 9,. 2003
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An attempt by developing countries
to put management of the internet
under United Nations auspices is
likely to be shelved at next month's
world information summit in Geneva
-- but the issue is now firmly on
the international agenda, summit
sources say. Defenders of the status
quo say handing...
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Robots that rock
MSNBC News Nov. 10, 2003
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Four robots from fiction and the
real world are being inducted into
Carnegie Mellon University's Robot
Hall of Fame as the inaugural
honorees: Mars Sojourner, GM's
Unimate, R2-D2, and HAL 9000. The
next batch of honorees will be
announced in October 2004. But in
the meantime, you can send in...
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Virtual TV studio gets real
New Scientist Nov. 10, 2003
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"Origami," a virtual studio that
allows actors to interact with
computer-generated characters and
creatures in real time, has been
developed by the BBC. It should lead
to a new generation of programs and
films made with advanced special
effects at relatively low cost. It
overcomes the...
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