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Amplified Intelligence: Machines as Brain Boosters - Space.com When Ken Ford ponders AI, he thinks of boosting human brainpower through Amplified Intelligence, using machines to augment human cognition. It's a less lofty goal than creating Artificial Intelligence, but also one that's more realistic. Ford runs the Institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of Human & Machine Cognition (IMHC) at the University of West Florida. His work spearheads a vision to address how humans interact with machines. |
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Talking PointIs the world too dependent on oil? - BBC Opec is pumping a record 30 million barrels of oil a day, and could boost that by another 1-1.5 million barrels if needed, its president, Purnomo Yusgiantoro, has said. This comes after oil prices broke new records overnight as Asian trade pushed a barrel of New York light sweet crude close to $45. The latest rises are causing worries in importing countries about the economic cost of higher energy prices. The International Energy Agency, told BBC News Online that oil at $35 a barrel - the average for the past year - would take half a percentage point off global growth. |
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Red Planet had 'recent' volcanism - BBC Mars appears to have been volcanically active more recently than previously supposed, according to growing evidence from Europe's Mars Express orbiter. New estimates suggest volcanoes could have been active between one million years ago and 20 million years ago, but more work is needed to refine the dates Previous spacecraft data suggested that volcanism on Mars ceased some time around 600-500 million years ago. Some researchers even speculate Mars could be volcanically active today. Mars Express project scientist Agustin Chicarro said some volcanoes were "extremely young" based on current data. |
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Biosciences:
8/9/2004: Observatory: When Squirrels Screech
- NY
Times
8/9/2004: An Elephant That Stands Out in a Crowd
- NY
Times
8/9/2004: Worms Discover a Feast in Watery Depths
- NY
Times
8/9/2004: Ancient Bird Had a Brain Built for Flight, Research Says
- NY
Times
8/9/2004: Here Kitty, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty - Wired News
8/9/2004: Navigating a Patent Minefield - Wired News
Climate, Environment:
8/9/2004: Go
green: Shut down idle PCs - CNN
8/9/2004: Water, Water Everywhere. And When It Shifts, So Does Earth's Gravity.
- NY
Times
8/9/2004: Turning Genetically Engineered Trees Into Toxic Avengers
- NY
Times
Computers:
Devices
8/9/2004: 'Doom 3' may doom users' current systems - C/Net
8/9/2004: Start-up to make iTunes sing on Linux - C/Net
8/9/2004: Play gets rough in baseball
'SlugFest' - CNN
8/9/2004: Hitting the field with 'NCAA Football 2005' - CNN
8/9/2004: Shows, games get kids off couch - CNN
Communications
8/9/2004: So long to
long-distance? - Washington Post
8/9/2004: Sun chips away at wireless chip connections
Technology
PC's
8/9/2004: Researchers seek simpler software debugging - CNN
Internet
8/9/2004: Why I won't buy risky Google stock - C/Net
8/9/2004: Mozilla puts bounty on bugs - C/Net
8/9/2004: Olympics to broadcast Online - CNN
8/9/2004: Anti-identity theft tactic gaining ground - CNN
8/9/2004: Onion Routing Averts Prying Eyes - Wired News
8/9/2004: FCC Takes on Spam, Copying - Wired News
8/9/2004: CyberQuest Disavows Porn Blogs - Wired News
8/9/2004: Google Cops to Illegal Shares - Wired News
8/9/2004: Punk at a Moment's Notice
8/9/2004: News Sites, Where the Men Are - Wired News
Miscellaneous
8/9/2004: Patch pre-empts problem in Windows update - C/Net
8/9/2004: DVD-copying trailblazer shuts its doors - C/Net
8/9/2004: Music services see upside to limited file-sharing - CNN
8/9/2004: Munich cites patent risks with Linux - Seattle
Times
Energy:
8/9/2004: Talking PointIs the world too dependent on
oil? -
BBC
Health:
Cardiovascular
8/9/2004: Recommendations: Confronting Hypertension Early
- NY
Times
Cancer
Infectious
8/9/2004: Vital
Signs: Testing: Overzealous on Lyme Disease? - NY
Times
8/9/2004: Patterns: Effects of Flu During Pregnancy
- NY
Times
Non-Infectious
8/9/2004: New Ways to Loosen Addiction's Grip
- NY
Times
Miscellaneous
8/9/2004: Hospitals move toward 'paperless' age - CNN
8/9/2004: Personal
Health: TV's Toll on Young Minds and Bodies - NY
Times
8/9/2004: The
Consumer: Child-Rearing, by the Book. But Which One? - NY
Times
8/9/2004: A Machine for
Sleep? Maybe Later - NY
Times
History, Anthropology:
8/9/2004: Essay: Los Alamos's Super-Secret Heritage Shows Some Cracks
- NY
Times
Miscellaneous:
8/9/2004: Google queries provide stolen credit cards - C/Net
8/9/2004: Free beer helps tech company win award - C/Net
8/9/2004: The benefits of soft power - C/Net
8/9/2004: Inside the mind of Jeff Bezos - C/Net
8/9/2004: Becoming a 'Best
Company'? People are the answer - C/Net
8/9/2004: Hot or
not? Pixar - CNN
8/9/2004: A football coach's rise plotted at the keyboard
- NY
Times
8/9/2004: Jobs has surgery for cancer - C/Net
8/9/2004: FCC lets TiVo users share shows - C/Net
8/9/2004: Software school breaks with tradition - CNN
8/9/2004: Letters
- NY
Times
8/9/2004: A Conversation With | Thomas H.
Murray: A Lament for Ancient Games in Modern World of Doping
- NY
Times
8/9/2004: Sociology. History. Where to Put the Blanket.
- NY
Times
8/9/2004: Summer's hot
buy: $1 million-plus homes - Seattle
Times
8/9/2004: Oil prices could hit $50 a barrel, analysts say - Seattle
Times
8/9/2004: Toyota boosts Prius, mulls plant in U.S. - Seattle
Times
8/9/2004: JibJabbing for Artists' Rights - Wired News
8/9/2004: Building a Texas-Sized Telescope - Wired News
8/9/2004: Apple Fans Pull for Jobs - Wired News
Neurosciences:
8/9/2004: Vital
Signs: Insights: Studying the Roots of Stuttering - NY
Times
Physics and Astronomy:
8/9/2004: Observatory: Tracing a Meteorite's Origins
- NY
Times
8/9/2004: Songs of the Galaxies, and What They Mean
- NY
Times
Prolongevity
8/9/2004: Q &
A: Vegetarians' Life Span - NY
Times
Robotics:
Space:
8/9/2004: The Next Great Space
Race: SpaceShipOne and Wild Fire to Go For the Gold - Space.com
8/9/2004: Red Planet had 'recent' volcanism
-
BBC
8/9/2004: Mercury Will Become the Next Planet to Get Its Close-Up
- NY
Times
8/9/2004: Da Vinci Gambles on X Prize - Wired News
Technology:
8/9/2004: From space to your ear - CNN
8/9/2004: Something clever up your sleeve - CNN
8/9/2004: The Big Little Tease - Wired News