Computers get the joke.
PopSci releases the terrifying news that computers can decode our humor now. We can’t tell jokes over their little silicon heads any more – they’ve […]
computer science
Wetware upgrade.
BBC dives into the future of computing, when we replace cold, hard silicon with a strong brew of liquid thinking machines: What distinguishes the current […]
On the tip of my tongue….
DiscoveryNews says what I was just thinking. I mean, they’ve got a machine that can do that: The first “words” detected from the subject’s brain […]
DIY book scanner
Wired featured a wonderful piece of homemade cybernetics (and one that could subtly changing the world) – the homemade book scanner: For nearly two years, […]
A job better than programming…
The DaniWeb IT forum offers proof that, for at least one skilled professional, prostitution is a better way to pay the bills than programming: Dr […]
The spy in your pocket.
New Scientist challenges a team of professional electronic snoops, who prove that strangers can learn more than you think from your phone: I’ve just walked […]
The physics of finance: Or, the puppetmasters revealed.
Scientists are not just getting into creating music, InsideScience informs me. They’ve also figured out the magic of finance: A pair of physicists at the […]
Scientists make music #2: Live coding.
BBC News reveals the latest tactic in the war to make live electronica performances a little more of the moment: Have the musicians write their […]
Gibraltar may crumble…
…but this new memory technology Neatorama’s talking about will be here to stay: Berkeley… researcher Alex Zettl and colleagues created a physical memory cell composed […]
AI baby step: Robot masters scientific method.
The sober, respectable Financial Times isn’t really the publication one would expect to be covering OH EM GEE THE ROBOT THINKS IT THINKS! kind of […]
PENGUIN: ACQUIRED.
Technology Review closes in on an interesting application for spooky biometric computer systems – using Big Brother security software to identify penguins: The software involved–originally […]