Tuesday 26 May 2009

Technology News

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Higher-Performance Plastic
Electronics
Technology Review May 26, 2009
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Techniques for making consistently
smooth, high-performance organic
films (so they can conduct electrons
better), with the ability to carry
an electrical charge higher by two
orders of magnitude than existing
films, has been developed by Zhenan
Bao, associate professor of
chemistry at Stanford University.
The trick: creating an underlying...
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Better Brain-Wave Analysis
Technology Review May 26, 2009
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An EEG-based sytetem to help
doctors diagnose
attention-deficit/hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD) more objectively and
speed up treatment decisions for
stroke patients is being developed
by ElMindA, a startup based in
Israel. Because the ElMindA system
is portable, it's more practical for
daily use than magnetic resonance
imaging, which requires a...
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A thermodynamic limit on brain size
The physics arXiv blog May 26, 2009
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The thermodynamics of heat balance
does not restrict brain size, which
could be heavier than 5 kg, leaving
plenty of growing room for humans,
which have brains of only 1.5
kilograms on average, calculates Jan
Karbowski at the Sloan-Swartz Center
for Theoretical Neurobiology at the
California Institute of Technology....
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In Hot Pursuit of Fusion (or Folly)
New York Times May 25, 2009
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On Friday, the $3.5 billion
National Ignition Facility will fire
up its 192 lasers, designed to
eventually achieve fusion energy....
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Despite 'Terminator,' machines
still on our side: Scientists say AI
will be humanity's 'Salvation'
Daily News May 26, 2009
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AI experts including Reid Simmons
of the Robotics Institute at
Carnegie Mellon University and Ray
Kurzweil say the post-apocalyptic
"Terminator Salvation" scenario is
unlikely. "Kurzweil believes the
technical advancement of the next
few decades will herald a literal
rewiring of the human brain. Given
the shrinking costs of
nanotechnology,...
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