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New insights about brain
organization
KurzweilAI.net Feb. 22, 2004
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New evidence from rat studies
suggests that theories about how the
brain processes sight, sound and
touch may need updating. Researchers
found that while large regions are
overwhelming devoted to processing
information from a single sense, in
the borders between them, cells can
share information...
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Hey, Gang, Let's Make Our Own
Supercomputer
New York Times Feb. 23, 2004
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Building on the concept of flash
mobs, the sudden Internet-organized
gatherings, a lecturer has arranged
for 1200 students to assemble the
first "flash mob supercomputer" in
the school gym from their home PCs....
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New Data on 2 Doomsday Ideas, Big
Rip vs. Big Crunch
New York Times Feb. 21, 2004
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A dark unseen energy is steadily
pushing the universe apart, just as
Einstein predicted, suggesting the
universe may have a more peaceful
end than recent theories envision,
according to striking new
measurements of distant exploding
stars by the orbiting Hubble Space...
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U.S. Air Force Plans for Future War
in Space
Space.com Feb. 22, 2004
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The U.S. Air Force Transformation
Flight Plan for space superiority
combines three capabilities: protect
space assets, deny adversaries'
access to space, and quickly launch
vehicles and operate payloads into
space to quickly replace space
assets that fail or are
damaged/destroyed. From space...
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CMU the favorite in robot race
across Mojave
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Feb. 22, 2004
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On March 13, up to 20 robotic
vehicles will compete in a $1
million Grand Challenge race
sponsored by the Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency. The winner
will be the first machine to cover
the still-undisclosed route from
somewhere outside Barstow, Calif.,
to somewhere in the vicinity of Las...
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Terror Games
Popular Science March 2004
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Can computer games be devised to
model the thinking and predict the
actions of allies, enemies and even
terrorists? Some in the U.S.
government think so. Are they
playing God? The goal for those who
try to model the complexity of
conflict is not a computerized
crystal ball. It's more like an...
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AI for Your PC
Popular Science March 2004
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Two new games use the same
artificial intelligence that's at
work in Pentagon-sponsored war
simulations. Courtesy Electronic
Arts/Maxis In Sims 2 (spring 2004),
a player manages the life of a
simulated human being who interacts
with other computer-generated people
and things. Fable...
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View to the Edge of No-Return
Astrobiology Feb. 18, 2004
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Imagine making a natural telescope
more powerful than any other
telescope currently operating. Then
imagine using it to view closer to
the edge of a black hole where its
mouth is like a jet that forms
super-hot charged particles and
spits them millions of light-years
into space. The length...
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Earth sows its seeds in space
Nature Science Update Feb. 23, 2004
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Deep-frozen spores that spread life
in space (the Panspermia concept)
could survive if they can escape the
Sun's gravity more quickly. And that
might happen if the rocks they sit
on are first ground to dust, says
William Napier, an astronomer at the
Armagh Observatory in Northern
Ireland. The...
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