Sunday, June 25, 2006

perception Gaze detector lets you hear with your eyes. NTT DoCoMo has developed a wearable headphone gaze detector. You could record daily goings-on, "bookmark" important events, and train the cameras to feed you information about y... [KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News] 11:38:45 AM    comment

genetics Reprogramming Biology. We are developing the tools to reprogram the processes involved in disease and aging, says Ray Kurzweil in his article, "Reprogramming Biology," in the July 2006 Scientific American and available free in an extended Web version. Now that biology i... [KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News] 11:29:24 AM    comment

genetics Stem cells regrow damaged nerves in rats: study. Stem cells taken from mouse embryos have helped paralyzed rats regrow some of their nerve cells and use their hind legs, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine researchers said. The study was the best evidence so far that controversial embryo... [KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News] 11:27:58 AM    comment

reading Reading 'to go' for blind people. The K-NFB, the latest product to be developed by inventor Ray Kurzweil, is a portable scanning device that reads text to visually impaired people. It will help with ad-hoc reading of documents such as bills and receipts, instructions on food pack... [KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News] 11:26:23 AM    comment

development Immaturity Level Rising in Adults. [Slashdot] 11:19:44 AM    comment

nano Axons and dendrites carry electrical signals between neurons. The electrical activity of the neural network can easily be measured because carbon nanotubes conduct electricity and so can function as electrodes. 12:21:35 AM    comment