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HELLO WURLD | Recently read.
Kilby was here. Raised in Kansas, Jack Kilby got to gain an interest in electronics when an ice storm knocked out the lines of his father's small power company... and pop and pals used ham radio to communicate. He got his electrical engineering degree at the University of Wisconsin [Milwaukee branch?] Like the invention of the microwave oven, it just hit him .. it was a summer day .. the integrated circuit .. which pulled all the transistors together for one purpose..and none too soon...as the tyranny of wires was aout to overcomethe tube based mainframe computer of the day.
Which parts of your brain calculate Halle Berry? Whether a mere Berry or rendered as Catwoman, Halle sets off the same neuron bunch to tingle, say researchers. The same Cells fire, damn the hairstyle. The way we store memories the U. of Leicester crew says, is abstract concepts. You dont remember the conversation, you remeber what it was about. This is some heavy duty pattern recognition going on..mere teraflops do not equivalent these operations.
Raytheon airport dream. The ABM dream of the 60s will not be denied. Star Wars of Reagan. Now the idea emerges of protecting airplanes in American airports.
Cyber immortality. The ancient bugaboo lingers. BT futurologist says downloading of brains in the future will happen. BlueGene and Playstation 3 show computing potential. It all recalls Marvin Minsky [ and L Ron H ] who also forsaw the disembodied intelligence. When they say computers will get us..well they might play chess, and do a whole lot more today... but tell halle the boomerang gal from the batgal... ?
This and more.
Which parts of your brain calculate Halle Berry?
Farewell Jack Kirby, IC inventor
Protecting jets from missiles
On the road with Bob Dylan
Googling Frank Lloyd Wright
Get ready for brain downloads
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