IBM experimental chips emulate the human brain
Posted by admin in Computers, Hi-tech on 19. Aug, 2011 | 0 Comments
In April, the University of Southern California made the headlines when it announced that researchers there had created a functioning synthetic synapse circuit using carbon nanotubes. Well, today IBM unveiled a new class of experimental computer chips that are designed to emulate the human brain’s abilities for perception, action and cognition. According to the company, [...]
Japanese supercomputer unseats chinese supercomputer, is now the world’s fastest
Posted by admin in Computers, Hi-tech on 21. Jun, 2011 | 0 Comments
A Japanese supercomputer is now the world’s fastest, unseating the previous record-holder by nearly a factor of four. The K Computer, based at the RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science (AICS) in Kobe, can perform 8 petaflops — that’s 8 quadrillion calculations per second. The next-best computer is China’s Tianhe-1A , which set a record [...]
Music with the Mind: The Brain-Computer-Music-Interface
Posted by admin in Computers, Science on 29. Apr, 2011 | 0 Comments
The BCMI lets you create music using nothing more than eye movement and brainwaves Imagine a Wii that lets you play a musical instrument with your brain without touching strings or a keyboard. That’s exactly what this "proof of concept" brain-computer-music-interface (BCMI) is designed to do – it uses brain waves and eye movement to [...]
A more user-friendly brain-machine interface
Posted by admin in Computers, Hi-tech on 23. Feb, 2011 | 0 Comments
Scientists are creating a brain-computer interface that will allow users to control devices, without having to continuously concentrate on doing so Practical thought-controlled devices, such as wheelchairs, artificial arms, or even cars, are perhaps a step closer to reality thanks to research being carried out at Switzerland’s Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). Traditionally, brain-computer [...]
This Is The Smallest Computer Ever
Posted by admin in Computers on 22. Feb, 2011 | 0 Comments
Millimeter-Scale Computer Tiny-fingered researchers at the University of Michigan have created this computer, the world’s first complete millimeter-scale computing system. It is a prototype designed to be implanted in a human eye, to monitor internal pressure there for signs of glaucoma. The machine includes a teeny battery, a consolidated radio and antenna, a pressure sensor, [...]
