http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=16358 .. A previous study had looked at using fMRI scans of parts of the brain linked to shape identification to correctly guess the a viewed image from a series of stock images. Jack Gallant, a University of California, Berkeley neuroscientist who led the current effort, describes this previous work as similar to “the magician’s [...]
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http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=16353 New breakthrough uses commercially achievable cold temperatures Researchers at UC San Diego have made a breakthrough in integrated circuits using a particle type called excitons that can operate at commercially available cold temperatures. The breakthrough could one day lead to computers that are capable of running much faster than the machines we use today. [...]
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=16340 3D printing is an interesting technology which allows engineers and designers to get a 3D object from a digital design that can be viewed in the real world. Artists also use 3D printing to make art that is designed digitally. A team of engineers and artists working at the University of Washington’s Solheim Rapid [...]
BBC News – Nasa’s Kepler planet-hunter detects five worlds. Nasa’s Kepler Space Telescope has detected its first five exoplanets, or planets beyond our Solar System.
