Artificial Brain -Is it possible?

Why not say scientists, they even said that in 10 years we might have functional brain that could help millions of people with brain diseases and mental illnesses around the world.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the subfield of Computer Science devoted to developing programs that enable computers to display behavior that can (broadly) be characterized as intelligent. Most research in AI is devoted to fairly narrow applications, such as planning or speech-to-speech translation in limited, well defined task domains. But substantial interest remains in the long-range goal of building generally intelligent, autonomous agents.

Henry Makram is the leading scientist in this project is very confident that artificial human brain is possible and he already simulated elements of a rat brain. “its not impossible to build a human brain. We can do it in 10 years” he told the TED Global conference in Oxford.

His team has already created an artificial neocortical column which is unique to mammals. We have many of these columns to cope with complex cognitive functions including parenthood and social interactions.

At least one computer is needed to process that data from every single neuron, so the researchers plan to use the IBM Blue Gene supercomputer with 10,000 processors to make it come a live.

Via – DailyMail.co.uk - BBC

How ocean currents can generate renewable energy

A team of scientists at Florida Atlantic University are working on a project to generate renewable energy using ocean currents.

When the project is completed, it is expected to supply Florida with 1/3 of its energy and power 3-7 million homes.

Wireless Electricity Coming Soon

Our 40 inch TV at the living room is hooked up with tons of entertainment gadgets, our PS2, WII, DVD player, and the VHS are connected to it. You can images how they look behind the TV, not so good.

But an electric company called Witricity based in the United States developed a new line of technology that will allow us in the future to power up our TVs without any wires.

“Welcome to the world of wireless electricity” said the company chief executive Eric Giler, who also indicated that the new technology could one day replace batteries as well as conventional power sources.

The company demonstrated the wireless electricity on T-Mobile G1 phone, running Google’s Android operating system, and the iPhone. Wireless electricity is achieved through “electromagnetic resonance” which is physical phenomenon were objects with the same resonance frequencies can transfer energy between each other. “Resonant Magnetic Coupling: Magnetic coupling occurs when two objects exchange energy through their varying or oscillating magnetic fields. Resonant coupling occurs when the natural frequencies of the two objects are approximately the same.”

WiTricity power sources and capture devices are specially designed magnetic resonators that efficiently transfer power over large distances via the magnetic near-field. These proprietary source and device designs and the electronic systems that control them support efficient energy transfer over distances that are many times the size of the sources/devices themselves.

Vis – Telegraph

Born into the wrong body – Why people do it?

Guest host Dr. Drew Pinsky talks with men and women who have undergone gender transitions and why they chose to do it. CNN report

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