KurzweilAI.net Daily Newsletter abril 30, 2010
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Heart operation performed with
robotic arm
The Engineer Apr. 29, 2010
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The world’s first heart operation
to use a remote-controlled robotic
arm has been carried out at
Glenfield Hospital in Leicester,
U.K. The technique, designed to cure
irregular heart beats, involved
using a Remote Catheter Manipulation
System (RCMS) to steer catheters
into blood vessels at the top of the
groin and into the heart. The…
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MEMS device generates power from
body heat
Physorg.com Apr. 29, 2010
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A team of researchers from
Singapore has developed an
energy-harvesting device using
stacked thermocouples that generates
a few microwatts of electrical power
from body heat or any environment
where there is a temperature
gradient. (Jin Xie, et al.) By
accumulating this energy over time,
it could be used to prolong the
battery life of…
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Sign language study shows multiple
brain regions wired for language
KurzweilAI.net May 30, 2010
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A new study from the University of
Rochester finds that there is no
single advanced area of the human
brain that gives it language
capabilities above and beyond those
of any other animal species.
Instead, humans rely on several
regions of the brain, each designed
to accomplish different primitive
tasks, to make sense of a sentence.
For…
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Stanford study first to analyze
individual’s genome for risk of
diseases, responses to treatment
KurzweilAI.net Apr. 30, 2010
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For the first time, researchers
have used a healthy person’s
complete genome sequence to predict
his risk for dozens of diseases and
how he will respond to several
common medications. The risk
analysis, from the Stanford
University School of Medicine, also
incorporates more-traditional
information such as a patient’s age
and gender and other…
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Europe’s Plan to Simulate the
Entire Planet
the physics arXiv blog Apr. 30, 2010
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A proposed “Living Earth Simulator”
will mine economic, environmental
and health data to use “reality
modeling” to create a model of the
entire planet in real time by 2022,
with “situation rooms” in which
global leaders can view and manage
crises as they occur. The simulator
will model the behavior of entire
economies and then predict and…
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Sculpting a Nano ‘World’
Technology Review Apr. 30, 2010
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IBM researchers have invented a
low-cost, fast, and relatively
simple fabrication tool capable of
reliably creating 3-D features as
small as 15 nanometers. The silicon
tip is cantilevered like those used
in atomic force microscopy (AFM),
enabling it to apply nanonewtons of
force to the surface. But unlike
AFM, the tip is heated, so when it…
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Cellphone Payments Offer
Alternative to Cash
New York Times Apr. 28, 2010
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Several companies have developed
small credit card scanners that plug
into a cellphone and for a small fee
enable any individual or small
business to turn a phone into a
credit card processing…
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Potentially Dangerous Asteroid
Spotted Passing Earth
Space.com Apr. 29, 2010
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Asteroid 2005 YU55 — about 1,300
feet (400 meters) in size — came
within 1.5 million miles (2.4
million km) of the Earth and is
expected back Nov. 8, 2011. New
observations at Arecibo have allowed
astronomers to rule out any chance
of 2005 YU55 hitting Earth in the
next 100…
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Japan sees moonwalking humanoids by
2015
CNET Crave Apr. 29, 2010
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The Space Oriented Higashiosaka
Leading Association (SOHLA), a
satellite-manufacturing consortium
in the Osaka area, has vowed to put
bipedal humanoid bots on the moon in
the next five…
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KurzweilAI.net Daily Newsletter abril 29, 2010
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Bioengineer calls for personal
health devices
EE Times Apr. 28, 2010
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A growing set of nanoscale
components are emerging from the lab
that someday will power handheld
devices that can provide custom
health care advice, marrying novel
bioengineering components with
existing computer and consumer
technologies, says Luke P. Lee,
professor of bioengineering,
University of California, Berkeley.
The new devices he…
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Neural mechanisms of abstract
learning
PhysOrg.com Apr. 28, 2010
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Brown University researchers have
found neural mechanisms that
underlie our remarkable ability to
discover abstract cognitive
relationships when dealing with new
problems. In a functional magnetic
resonance imaging (fMRI) study, that
found that the frontal cortex of the
brain appears to be organized in a
front to back hierarchy: more
anterior…
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Augmented-Reality Floor Tiling
Technology Review Apr. 28, 2010
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McGill University researchers have
developed floor tiles that can
simulate the look, sound and feel of
snow, grass or pebbles underfoot,
for augmented reality applications,
telepresence, training,
rehabilitation, or virtual foot…
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KurzweilAI.net Daily Newsletter abril 29, 2010
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The Search for Genes Leads to
Unexpected Places
New York Times Apr. 26, 2010
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Scientists have identified
thousands of genes, including those
in plants, that can give rise to
diseases in humans when they mutate….
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The secrets of intelligence lie
within a single cell
New Scientist Life Apr. 26, 2010
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The brain’s power will turn out to
derive from data processing within
the neuron rather than activity
between neuron, suggests University
of Cambridge research biologist
Brian J. Ford. “Each individual
neuron is itself a computer, and the
brain a vast community of
microscopic computers… the human
brain may be a trillion times more
capable…
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Gene silencing prevents its first
human disease
New Scientist Health Apr. 26, 2010
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For the first time, RNA
interference (RNAi) has been proven
effective against a human disease –
a common respiratory virus,
University of Tennessee Health
Science Center researchers have
found….
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Deadly New Russian Weapon Hides In
Shipping Container
New York Times Apr. 26, 2010
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A Russian company is marketing a
devastating new $10-20 million
cruise missile system that can be
hidden inside a shipping container,
giving any merchant vessel the
capability to wipe out an aircraft
carrier. Potential customers for the
formidable Club-K system include
Kremlin allies Iran and Venezuela,
say defense experts. They worry that…
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Gesture Control for Devices
Technology Review Apr. 26, 2010
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A camera system that attaches to a
mobile device to let it track
mid-air finger movements and
translate those movements into
commands has been developed by
researchers at the University of
Tokyo. Phones that recognize
gestures could help users avoid
fumbling around on touch screens, or
alleviate the physical problems with
typing….
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Se va conociendo la implicación de las Agencias de Rating en la crisis financiera abril 28, 2010
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Estos son los que luego dan lecciones a los demás y se atreven a juzgar países, empresas y bancos.
La historia se repite abril 28, 2010
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La historia de la crisis especulativa contra Grecia tiene un marcado sabor clásico.
Nos hemos dormido en los laureles de la auto complacencia, y ahora los bárbaros están a las puertas y no van a detenerse ahí.
Una a una planean hacer caer todas las capitales europeas y saquear sus riquezas.
¿Estaremos unidos como aquellas polis griegas o caeremos uno a uno?
Y, ¿sabiendo que la unidad no basta, estaremos dispuestos a sacrificar parte de nuestra comodidad para presentar batalla (económica)?
Reservas de agua y riqueza abril 28, 2010
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Las reservas de agua en España están en torno al 83%. eso no sólo significa abastecimiento de agua a la población, también mejores cosechas, mejoras en el patrimonio medioambiental, limpieza de nuestras ciudades y energía hidroeléctrica.
Si ya consiguiesemos ahorrar energía y reciclar más nuestras importaciones de materias primas se reducirían y estaríamos en el buen camino para la recuperación económica.
Frase abril 25, 2010
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Sin lucha no hay progreso.
- Charles Darwin
¿Se reunirá Bilderberg en Sitges entre el 2 y el 6 de Junio de este año? abril 25, 2010
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Concretamente, en el Hotel Dolce de Sitges (Barcelona), según indian en el Diario Público de hoy domingo.
Veremos.
Resumen de noticias de ciencia abril 25, 2010
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La NASA celebra 20 años de proezas astronómicas del telescopio Hubble
Planetas como la Tierra en la Vía Láctea
Ancestro de la cucaracha en 3D
El telescopio Hubble celebra su 20º aniversario con una espectacular imagen de la ‘Montaña Mística’
Ideas brillantes que nos cambian la vida
El sol como nunca antes lo habías visto
El Sol más espectacular que nunca
Las grandes sequías de los últimos 1.000 años jugaron un importante papel en la historia
40 años protegiendo el planeta
Los internautas exigen que se garantice por ley la neutralidad de la Red
Facebook quiere conectarnos a todos, con todo y en todas partes
Facebook tendrá su propio sistema de pago
Cómo construir una economía ‘verde’
Frenazo al detector espacial de antimateria
Despega el minitransbordador espacial secreto
La temperatura puede subir tres grados con los planes de emisiones para 2020
Escasa autocrítica por el fiasco de la gripe A
España realiza el primer trasplante total de cara
The Manchurian Incident abril 24, 2010
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Os dejo el enlace donde comentan dónde se puede descargar:
http://fundacionkaufman.blogspot.com/2010/04/cthulhutech-manchuarian-incident.html
Es el mismo autor de la aventura quien lo ha liberado, dada la desaparición de Okgames del mapa rolero español.
Espero que la iniciativa os guste tanto como me ha gustado a mí.
