4.29.2007

 

Mouse brain simulated on computer

Mouse brain simulated on computer

From the article:Also:Right now, it takes a supercomputer with 4,096 processors to simulate the mouse brain. And there is still a lot of work to do: "For future tests the team aims to speed up the simulation, make it more neurobiologically faithful, add structures seen in real mouse brains and make the responses of neurons and synapses more detailed." However, look 20 years down the road. In 20 years, a processor like that will cost $200. There will be open source versions of simulated human brain systems. Thousands of people will have been working for years in an open source community to improve the performance and realism. And, somewhere between 2025 and 2035, that simulated brain will start talking to us.

See Robotic Nation for details.

4.23.2007

 

Factory Jobs: 3 Million Lost Since 2000

The kind of thing you would expect in a robotic nation:

Factory Jobs: 3 Million Lost Since 2000

First:Second:Third:The growing number of service sector jobs sounds good until you realize what is happening - factory jobs are being roboticized and exported because they are easily roboticized and exported. It has been much harder to do this with service sector jobs, although there have been several telling examples: ATMs replacing tellers, the web replacing travel agents, kiosks in airports replacing ticket agents. With a collasal 84% of jobs now in the service sector, we are in a precarious position. Those service sector jobs are at risk over the next 10 to 20 years as robotic replacement starts to become viable. And there is nothing on the horizon to replace service sector jobs in the way that manufacturing jobs have been replaced. See robotic nation for details.

4.22.2007

 

Why Can't A Computer Be More Like A Brain?

Why Can't A Computer Be More Like A Brain?

From the article:

4.19.2007

 

Is AI Engineering the Shortest Path to a Positive Singularity?

Is AI Engineering the Shortest Path to a Positive Singularity?

From the article:Nice video:

Christine Peterson - Singularity Institute

4.18.2007

 

An attempt to build an ethical robotic soldier

An attempt to build an ethical robotic soldier

From the article:

4.17.2007

 

NASA to Test Portable Robot Surgeon

NASA to Test Portable Robot Surgeon

From the article:

4.11.2007

 

Assistive robot adapts to people, new places

New Robot Eyes Humans with Human-Like Eyes

"Presently, Domo can identify objects, reach for them and place them on shelves. Unlike an assembly-line robot, Domo can sense its surroundings using a pair of video cameras for eyes; they are connected to 12 computers. The cameras are built into remarkably human-looking "eyeballs," for a reason, said Domo's developer, Aaron Edsinger."

Assistive robot adapts to people, new places

From the article:

4.06.2007

 

A computer can now recognise classes of things as accurately as a person can

A computer can now recognise classes of things as accurately as a person can

From the article:

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