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Cyborgization

The future of brain-controlled devices

Researchers already use brain-computer interfaces to aid the disabled, treat diseases like Parkinson’s and provide therapy for depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. And there’s much more to come.

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intrinsi on December 30th 2009 in Biology, Hardware, Media Reviews, Robotics

The Internet Turns 40

The Internet at 40

Although the Internet did not get its name until the mid-1980s, December 5, 2009, marks the 40th anniversary of the day when the Defense Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) connected four computer nodes to create a “network of networks”–a fateful link-up that would evolve into the Internet

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intrinsi on December 26th 2009 in Media Reviews

EntityCube

EntityCube

EntityCube is a research prototype for exploring object-level search technologies, which automatically summarizes the Web for entities (such as people, locations and organizations) with a modest web presence.

Try it.

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intrinsi on December 13th 2009 in Information Science, Media Reviews