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• IBM’s biggest brain simulator works as good as a cat’s brain (only)

  
  Technology Info — Authority: 158
  The human brain is far too complex, the biggest brain simulator built by IBM, run by a 147,456-processor supercomputer, can only reach the level of a cat’s brain.This brain simulator was developed by IBM’s Almaden research center. It consists of 1.6 billion virtual neurons connected by 9 trillion synapses, which ...
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• Larry Smarr Video From Singularity University Available Online

  
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  Didn’t get enough of the Singularity University’s summer session videos ? Another Singularity University presentation is now available for you to watch online! Smarr discussed supercomputing, bandwidth, and the brain at Singularity Universitys summer session. As far as our brains are concerned, our world ...
  6 days ago

• The Brain Chip Cometh, & It Cometh from Intel

  
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• The Book Nook: How We Decide, by Jonah Lehrer

  
  OB Rag Blog — Authority: 135
  The Boeing 737 was at seven thousand feet descending into San Diego’s Lindbergh Field from the west, due to weather conditions, when the left engine caught fire. Bells and horns sounded immediately within the cockpit, warning the pilots of multiple system failures. The plane immediately reacted to the emergency ...
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• IBM Reveals Cat-Sized Brain

  
  Kansas Academy of Mathematics and Science — Authority: 135
  IBM researchers, working with researchers at Stanford University, announced that they have made progress toward simulating the human brain.  These scientists have been able to create a computer that is the equivalent of a cat’s brain .  This simulation of a cat’s cerebral cortex created by IBM requires a ...
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• IBM Working on Chips to Simulate the Brain

  
  ModCool — Authority: 160
  Processors are nearing the point where cramming more into a smaller space isn’t going to work--the laws of physics aren’t going to cooperate. This means a new paradigm needs to be found, and the researchers at IBM moved one step closer to one possibility : mimicking the human brain. The human brain, while it ...
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• Why Apologies Are Important

  
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  Once I requested a sixteen year old to apologize for hurtful remarks he made towards his math teacher. He looked me square in the eyes and said "no." When I asked why, given that we had both agreed his words were inappropriate and hurtful, his response was that he really didnt feel sorry for his actions, and so ...
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• IBM makes progress toward thinking computing system

  
  Northloop Neighborhoods - Community News & Directory — Authority: 168
  IBM is making progress toward cooking up a computer system that emulates the human brain and simulates abilities for sensation, perception, interaction and cognition. read more
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• Computing rivaling human brain by 2019?

  
  PaulSpoerry.com — Authority: 451
  Ray Kurzweil has already thrown down the gauntlet and predicted that around 2020 a computer would pass the Turing Test and become the first “real” AI (artificial intelligence). It appears that once again he may be on track with his predictions. According to IBM, ‘BlueMatter, a new algorithm created by IBM ...
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• IBM moves closer to creating chips based on the brain

  
  Gadget Reviews — Authority: 155
  IBM said today that it has made significant progress toward making a computer that simulates and emulates the brain’s abilities to sense, perceive, interact, and recognize.It can also do so using the brain’s low-power energy consumption and compact size, and it has the intelligence level that approaches the smarts ...
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• IBM: Computing rivaling human brain may be ready by 2019

  
  Northloop Neighborhoods - Community News & Directory — Authority: 168
  A leading scientist, working with colleagues from several top universities, has pioneered computational analysis that rivals that of a cats cortex. The human brain could be just a decade away.
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• Positive Psychology - The Science of Optimal Human Functioning

  
  Shrunken Mind w/Dr. John Schinnerer - Using Positive Psychology to Master Life — Authority: 110
  Free teleclassPositive Psychology – The Science of Optimal Human Functioning11/18/09 (Wednesday)6 pm PST/9 pm ESTwith John Schinnerer, Ph.D.,Author, positive psychology coach, speaker, amusing guySimply call 212-461-5903 and enter Pin 3474# Positive psychology is the scientific study of optimal functioning, the ...
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• Psychologists see images of brain’s response to

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  Washington, Nov 12 (IANS) For the first time psychologists were able to see exactly how the human brain responds to unexpected or traumatic events. The study could lead to procedures that could help identify people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).Researchers at the University of Alabama in Birmingham (UAB) ...
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• Why chimps can’t chat

  
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  London, Nov 12 (ANI): A mutation in a gene might help explain why chimps, our nearest relative, don’t talk, claim scientists.It is known that when mutated, FOXP2 can disrupt speech and language in humans, and now the study has revealed major differences between how the human and chimp versions of the gene work, ...
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• The Brain’s Response to Trauma

  
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  For the first time, scientists are able to observe how areas of the human brain respond when an individual experiences an unexpected or traumatic event. Psychologists at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) believe their research could help identify people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or ...
  2 weeks ago

• The end of efficient markets

  
  Contrarian Stock Market Investing News - Featuring Bargain Stocks — Authority: 431
  Baltimore — ( TFN ): How efficient are the markets? It is like asking how smart is the human race We all know the answer, but few of us are willing to suck in our pride and admit there are a few dim bulbs among us. Judging by the sudden rise in fame of Levi Johnson or Balloon Boy’s antics, the human brain is far ...
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• The Effects of Music on the Human Psyche: From Empathy to Hostility to Sleep Deprivation

  
  The Blogs at HowStuffWorks Stuff You Should Know — Authority: 116
  Music has a real effect on us. Why, Im listening to music right now (Devo at the moment) and itll probably help shape this post. Case in point: Theres a new study out in the journal Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin that covers how songs with prosocial lyrics have a prosocial impact on its listeners. Take, ...
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• Long and short-term memory theory challenged

  
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  Washington, November 10 (ANI): A new study has challenged the long-held theory of human brain using different mechanisms for forming long-term and short-term memories.Neuroscientists from UCL assessed patients with amnesia for the research.In cases of amnesia, patients are unable to form long-lasting memories due to ...
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• Eavesdropping Is What Guests Do Best…

  
  Guest of a Guest - NYC People, Places, Parties & Nightlife — Authority: 695
  Is Tom Cruise buying up property for the advancement of Scientology ? [ Gawker ] It only took 800 years, but Cambridge University finally got some cheerleaders . [ DailyNews ] After getting fired from Melrose Place, Ashlee Simpson-Wentz decides to try Broadway. [ People ] Man faked (and filmed) his ...
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• Why people love horror movies (re-issue)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  Washington, Nov 8 (ANI): The success of horror films like ‘Paranormal Activity’ and the classic ‘Exorcist’ has left many scientists wonder why people love the spooky genre so much.Experts have said that it’s not merely an attraction to blood and gore that people money to get scared. Researchers have said ...
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