Friday, December 28, 2012

Friday, December 21, 2012

Legged Squad Support System Robot in Action

http://www.darpa.mil/NewsEvents/Releases/2012/12/19.aspx

Computer gaming improves brain function

This article is about testing for IQ:

http://www.uwo.ca/its/brain/iqmyth/

But this line stood out in the results:

“Intriguingly, people who regularly played computer games did perform significantly better in terms of both reasoning and short-term memory, says study researcher Adam Hampshire from Western’s Brain and Mind Institute. “And smokers performed poorly on the short-term memory and the verbal factors, while people who frequently suffer from anxiety performed badly on the short-term memory factor in particular.”

Monday, December 17, 2012

Kurzweil Joins Google!

Google has just hired futurist Ray Kurzweil to be Director of Engineering:


The AI and Singularity visionary coupled with massive financing? I think this is the best boost we've had yet.

Monday, December 10, 2012

Active ingredient in Viagra tied to lower Alzheimer's risk — but don't get too excited

More links between the little head and the big head: https://www.livescience.com/health/alzheimers-dementia/active-ingredient-in-viagra-tied...