News tagged with artificial brain

Tinkering with evolution: Ecological implications of modular software networks

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the 1960s, Dr. Lawrence J. Fogel introduced what would come to be known as evolutionary programming to the nascent field of Artificial Intelligence in an attempt to produce intelligent softwa ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast feature

Hitachi unveils headset to study brain activity

A Japanese research team on Wednesday unveiled a headset they say can measure activity in the brain and could be used to improve performance in the classroom or on the sports field.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Scientists develop sensitive skin for robots

Robots will soon be able to feel heat or gentle touching on their surfaces. Researchers at Technische Universitaet Muenchen are now producing small hexagonal plates which when joined together form a sensitive skin for "machines ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Jun 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Want 'Watson' in the exam room?

Are you ready for Watson to join you and your doctor in the examining room? That could be the outcome of a collaboration under way between Watson's creators at IBM and experts at the University of Maryland's School of ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Feb 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

MRI may predict continued decline in patients with mild cognitive impairment

Using advanced MRI and an artificial intelligence technique, researchers in Geneva, Switzerland, have identified a method that may help identify which individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) will continue to decline, ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 05, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Artificial light at night disrupts cell division

Just one "pulse" of artificial light at night disrupts circadian cell division, reveals a new study carried out by Dr. Rachel Ben-Shlomo of the University of Haifa-Oranim Department of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 12, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 1

Sweet future: Fluctuating blood glucose levels may affect decision making

Would you choose to receive a small amount of money today or a larger sum next month? We know that it is worth it to wait longer for a larger reward, but sometimes the temptation for the smaller, immediate reward becomes ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 25, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Artificial intelligence helps diagnose cardiac infections

Mayo Clinic researchers say that "teachable software" designed to mimic the human brain may help them diagnose cardiac infections without an invasive exam. Those findings are being presented today at the Interscience Conference ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Sep 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Strictly ballroom analysis: Computers get to know their rumba from their cha-cha-cha

Computer scientists in Taiwan have devised a neural network program that can successfully classify a computerized music file based on its beat and tempo. The system could be a boon for music archivists with large numbers ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Inventor Demonstrates Humanoid Robot's Latest AI Abilities (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- In August 2007, Le Trung invented Aiko, a Yumecom, or "Dream Computer Robot." Although it took only a month and a half to build Aiko's exterior, the artificial intelligence software has been ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Aug 25, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (36) | comments 26 weblog

Brain develops motor memory for prosthetics, study finds

"Practice makes perfect" is the maxim drummed into students struggling to learn a new motor skill - be it riding a bike or developing a killer backhand in tennis. Stunning new research now reveals that the ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Thought-propelled wheelchair developed in Italy

Italian researchers have developed a wheelchair that obeys mental signals sent to a computer, they said Friday.

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 0

'Now you see it, now you don't'

(PhysOrg.com) -- Queen Mary scientists have, for the first time, used computer artificial intelligence to create previously unseen types of pictures to explore the abilities of the human visual system.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 16, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0


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