New Scientist (05/04/10) Marks, Paul
University of Manchester computer scientist Steve Furber wants to build a silicon-based brain that contains one billion neurons. “We’re using bog-standard, off-the-shelf processors of fairly modest performance,” Furber says. The silicon brain, called Spiking Neural Network Architecture (Spinnaker), is based on a processor Furber helped design in 1987. Spinnaker’s chips contain [...]
4 May 2010, 1004 hrs IST,IANS
TORONTO: Google on Monday snapped up a top Canadian startup which pioneered a 3D interface technology for Mac and Windows PCs. Called Canada’s hottest software startup, Toronto-based BumpTop has been acquired by the search engine for reportedly between $30 and $45 million, according to reports. However, there were no details of [...]
MIT News (04/28/10) Hardesty, Larry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT’s) Alexey Radul is developing a conceptual framework for computing that could impact artificial intelligence research, parallel computing, and the design of computer hardware. In Radul’s system, multiple logic circuits and memory cells are arranged in a large network. Any logic circuit can exchange data with different [...]
ETH Zurich (04/27/10) Schmid, Franziska
A diverse group of European scientists are planning the FuturIcT knowledge accelerator, an effort to build a more powerful and accurate science of human systems. The project aims to assemble expertise in all areas of science to develop supercomputing facilities on which future policies can be based. The project will be [...]
American Friends of Tel Aviv University (04/27/10)
Tel Aviv University’s Dido Green has developed a virtual method for analyzing movement patterns in children to more effectively treat those with debilitating motor disorders. Green is using a virtual tabletop, called the Elements System, to help children with disabilities move and to provide home-based treatments using virtual reality [...]
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