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July 28, 2005
'Stealth' Crashes At Takeoff
Eager to cut down on war casualties, the US government (led by Sam Shepard) has invented "EDI," a computer-run fighter jet that represents the top tier in technology and design. Out to baby-sit EDI are three pilots, Lt. Ben Gannon (Josh Lucas, the poor man’s Don Swayze), Kara Wade (Jessica Biel), and Henry Purcell (Jamie Foxx). While initially skeptical about EDI’s abilities, once they are put to the test in the terrorist-minefield called Earth, the pilots are awed by his dynamic flying and growing artificial intelligence. However, during a routine mission, EDI is struck by lightening and goes haywire, leaving the three pilots the only ones around capable of taking him down before he starts World War III.
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July 26, 2005
Bionic Knee
In the 70s, the idea of bionics seemed so far-fetched that it became a TV series, but the integration of biology and technology is gaining strength.
A new prosthetic knee, developed using research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is among those leading the way, reported WCVB-TV in Boston.
The Rheo Knee, made by Ossur, hit the market early this year. It is powered by rechargeable batteries.
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July 22, 2005
Autonomous undersea robot developed
University of Hawaii scientists say they are close to completing the nation's first autonomous robotic vehicle for deep-ocean work.
The $12 million battery-powered aluminum submersible is about the size of a sport utility vehicle. The robotic unit has computers and sensors that allow it to make a decision to perform a task and a 5-foot, 150-pound autonomous manipulator, or arm, the Honolulu Star-Bulletin reported Tuesday.
Song Choi, assistant dean of the university's College of Engineering, said 99 percent of the vehicle's system is autonomous. He said 1 percent is semiautonomous for safety, allowing a signal to be sent to the vehicle to stop and return.
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July 18, 2005
Virtual Culture
Virtual computer characters more accustomed to battling deranged alien monsters are about to take part in a unique social experiment.
A society of virtual "agents” - each with a remarkably realistic personality and the ability to learn and communicate - is being crafted by scientists from five European research institutes who hope to gain insights into the way human societies evolve.
The project, known as – or – brings together experts in artificial intelligence, linguistics, computer science and sociology. It is backed by a consortium consisting of the and in the UK, Tilberg and Universities in the Netherlands and in Hungary.
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July 16, 2005
Reverse engineering intergalactic anti-gravity propulsion system
When a galaxy starts to take away stars from another galaxy, astronomers start looking at it with awe. But now the aerospace engineers are smiling because the universe just revealed the anti-gravity propulsion system.
Anti-gravity propulsion is nothing new. But those who have worked with anti-gravity propulsion research know that creating lift is easy but creating lift that can be navigated is not easy. One reason that we do not use anti-gravity propulsion systems in unclassified flying crafts is that the navigation becomes extremely difficult. Even complex computer models are struggling to solve the puzzle.
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July 14, 2005
Biomimetics, technology that mimics nature
Engineers, scientists, and business people are increasingly turning toward nature for design inspiration. The field of biomimetics, the application of methods and systems, found in nature, to engineering and technology, has spawned a number of innovations far superior to what the human mind alone could have devised. The reason is simple. Nature, through billions of years of trial and error, has produced effective solutions to innumerable complex real-world problems. The rigorous competition of natural selection means waste and efficiency are not tolerated in natural systems, unlike many of the technologies devised by humans. For example, gas-powered cars are only about 20 percent efficient, that is, only 20 percent of the thermal-energy content of the gasoline is converted into mechanical work.
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July 13, 2005
Programs that can learn game rules
From mahjong to Monopoly, bridge to Bingo, Sorry to Scrabble—games are serious fun. And with their diverse rules, they're also the perfect tools for exploring concepts in artificial intelligence (AI) and new approaches to programming, say Stanford computer scientists.
The concept of general game playing is "drastically different," Genesereth said, from the computer programming done in the past to create programs like IBM's Deep Blue, which beat world chess champion Gary Kasparov in 1997.
"The computer just follows a recipe that has been given to it," Genesereth said of Deep Blue's highly specialized program. The applications for AI are limited in this case because the computer never has to "think" for itself. A program like Deep Blue demonstrates "the smarts of the programmer rather than the smarts of the program," said Genesereth. In AI research, what is important is the intelligence of the program itself.
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July 10, 2005
Big Screen
France Telecom's wireless unit, SA, will soon roll out a new mobile video service that will let cellular phone subscribers view TV, movies, photos, and broadband Internet content with a big-screen viewing effect using Kopin®-enabled video eyewear from U.S.-based . ., the largest U.S. manufacturer of microdisplays for mobile consumer electronics and military applications, has received an order for CyberDisplay® 230K microdisplays from MicroOptical for this application.
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With robots, you can live forever
Futurist Ray Kurzweil believes immortality is ours if we program the human body like a computer. Clint Witchalls reports.
Most people know Ray Kurzweil as an IT boffin. He is a pioneer of flatbed scanners, print-to-speech software for the blind and commercially marketed speech-recognition software. And as if that isn't enough, he is known for his IT predictions.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Marvin Minsky described Kurzweil as a "leading futurist of our time" - so it should come as no surprise that Kurzweil's latest book is about health and longevity.
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July 09, 2005
Neanderthal Genome May Be Reconstructed
German and U.S. scientists have launched a project to reconstruct the Neanderthal genome, the Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology said Wednesday.
The project, which involves isolating genetic fragments from fossils of the prehistoric beings who originally inhabited Europe, is being carried out at the Leipzig-based institute.
"The project is very new and is just at its beginning," said Sandra Jacob, a spokeswoman for the institute.
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July 08, 2005
Will RFID-guided robots rule the world?
Take a closer look and you'll see the children wearing small electronic devices, tiny radio transmitters that signal the bot when the kids wander out of safe range. Equipped with a camera, the robot relays live video to a remote security facility. When a stranger approaches one of the children, the robot, controlled remotely, gets aggressive. On six wheels, it pursues the intruder, flashing bright lights and sirens and spewing a thick cloud of smoke. The cyber-guard snaps a few pictures, too.
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July 02, 2005
Nano-levers point to futuristic gadgets
Billions of tiny mechanical levers could be used to store songs on future MP3 players and pictures on digital cameras.
As bizarre as the idea might sound, researchers at a Dutch company have already demonstrated that miniscule mechanical switches can be used to store data using less power than existing technologies and with greater reliability.
Nanomech memory, developed by Cavendish Kinetics in the Netherlands, stores data using thousands of electro-mechanical switches that are toggled up or down to represent either a one or zero as a binary bit. Each switch is a few microns long and less than a micron wide - roughly one-hundredth the width of a human hair.
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