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The Personal Genome Project Has a
Growth Spurt
Technology Review May 18, 2009
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13,000 people are in the process of
enrolling in Harvard University
genomics pioneer George Church's
personal genome project (PGP), which
involves having the coding region of
your genome sequenced, and then
sharing it, along with medical
records and other information, in an
open-access database for analysis by
geneticists and others around the...
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Inside the bad-ass world of
military research projects
Network World Layer 8 May 18, 2009
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The US Defense Advanced Research
Projects Agency has detailed nine
top strategic research programs in a
57-page report, including
supercomputers,
self-forming/self-defending
networks, quantum information
science, and real-time accurate
language translation....
http://www.kurzweilai.net/
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Nine games computers are ruining
for humanity
New Scientist Science in Society May 18, 2009
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AI researchers have taught
computers to play a wide range of
strategic games well enough to beat
the best human players, including
chess, poker, and checkers. The next
generation of bots will be general
game players (GGPs), which can learn
the rules of any game and then
figure out how to play...
http://www.kurzweilai.net/
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Flat universe may be the new flat
Earth
New Scientist Physics & Math May 18, 2009
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The probability that the universe
it flat may only be 67 percent
because WMAP observations of the
density of matter and dark energy in
the early universe may have been
misinterpreted, says Joseph Silk at
the University of Oxford and
colleagues, based on a new study.
The universe could also be
positively curved (like the surface
of a sphere) or...
http://www.kurzweilai.net/
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Comics of Transhumanist Interest
Max More's Strategic Philosophy May 17, 2009
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Comics/graphics novels worth
reading are suggested in a new blog
by Max More, co-founder of the
Extropy Institute....
http://www.kurzweilai.net/
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Lithium battery technology
breakthrough could triple their
power
Nanowerk News May 18, 2009
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A lithium-sulfur battery that can
store and deliver more than three
times the power of conventional
lithium ion batteries has been
developed by University Of Waterloo
researchers. The battery overcomes
cathode contact problems with
sulphur by using mesoporous carbon
microfibers to ensure uniform
filling of voids....
http://www.kurzweilai.net/
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