Clear out room in your closets, gamers. Converse is releasing their ‘One Star Super Mario Bros.’ shoe this March! Via Like Cool. Get your Nintendo fix. Permalink | Leave a comment »
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Nintendo and Converse collaborate on an amazing sneaker
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Sprint to expand 4G LTE to Kansas City and Baltimore this year
4G OR WiMax - Google Blog Search8 Feb 2012 | 5:10 pmSprint announced on Wednesday that it expects to activate its upcoming 4G LTE network in Baltimore and in Kansas City. The carrier has already said tha. -
Buy Cute Cow USB Rechargeable MP3 Player - White (4G)
4g « WordPress.com Tag Feed26 Jan 2012 | 5:21 amBuy Buy Cute Cow USB Rechargeable MP3 Player – White (4G) - Build-in rechargeable 500mAh lithium battery- Up to 5 hours of music playback- Hottest and coolest MP3 Player- Best cute MP3 player as a best gift for your honey lovers and friends- Package includes: USB cable, strap, earphone, English manual Cute Cow USB Rechargeable MP3 Player – White (4G) Dimensions: 1.93 in x 1.42 in x 0.59 in (4.9 cm x 3.6 cm x 1.5 cm) Weight: 2.86 oz (81 g) Buy Buy Cute Cow USB Rechargeable MP3 Player – White (4G) -
How to map the 100 billion neurons in the brain
KurzweilAI » News8 Feb 2012 | 5:21 amSebastian Seung needs your help in untangling the brain's connections (credit: eyewire.org)MIT neuroscientist Sebastian Seung believes mapping of of the human brain’s 100 billion neurons can be done — one cubic millimeter of brain tissue at a time.Even more than our genome, our connectome shapes who we are, says Seung, who outlines his vision for connectome research in a new book, Connectome. “Clearly genes are very important, but because they don’t change after the moment of conception, they can’t really account for the effects of experience,” he says.A streambed of… -
Mighty Martian meteorite lands at UK's Natural History Museum
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories8 Feb 2012 | 3:35 pmA rare Martian meteorite that could help unravel the mysteries of Mars has arrived at the Natural History Museum in London today, obtained with the support of a donor.
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Nintendo and Converse collaborate on an amazing sneaker
8 Feb 2012 | 5:25 pmClear out room in your closets, gamers. Converse is releasing their ‘One Star Super Mario Bros.’ shoe this March! Via Like Cool. Get your Nintendo fix. Permalink | Leave a comment » -
Why Congress is way richer than you [infographic]
8 Feb 2012 | 4:28 pmVia Online Schools. Depressing infographics. Permalink | Leave a comment » -
The bookcase that’s always ready for more
8 Feb 2012 | 4:19 pmThe thing about bibliophiles is that, before you know it, the bookcase is full and it’s time to drag in a few more boards and cinder blocks to accommodate the newcomers. With the REK, such worries are a thing of the past, as the system accordions out when more space is needed and collapses into a handy rectangle when it’s time to pack up shop and move on to greener pastures. Unfortunately, the price is listed as “on request” meaning the 99% is out of luck, but perhaps it’ll inspire you to hit the workshop for a little DIY action if you can drag your nose out of… -
How Harvard spends student tuition [infographic]
8 Feb 2012 | 3:24 pmVia Online Universities. (H/T Muhammad Saleem) The scoop on education. Permalink | Leave a comment » -
Lizard shortage offers rare evolution test
8 Feb 2012 | 1:01 pmA devastating 2004 hurricane that wiped out a Caribbean lizard population offered an unprecedented opportunity to put an evolutionary theory known as the “founder effect” to the test. The founder effect describes the loss of genetic variation that occurs when a new population is established by a very small number of individuals from a larger population. “Founder effects are very hard to study,” says Thomas Schoener, a professor of evolution and ecology at University of California, Davis and a co-author of the study. “One must be in exactly the right place at the…
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4G OR WiMax - Google Blog Search
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Sprint to expand 4G LTE to Kansas City and Baltimore this year
8 Feb 2012 | 5:10 pmSprint announced on Wednesday that it expects to activate its upcoming 4G LTE network in Baltimore and in Kansas City. The carrier has already said tha. -
UBM TechWeb Acquires 4G World Conference and Expo | ExpoWeb ...
8 Feb 2012 | 11:31 amAyvazian, who also manages the company's 4G consulting business, previously served as CEO of Yankee Group and was founding chair of 4G World, leading the transition from its previous incarnation, WiMAX World. -
4G LTE And 3G Enhancements Coming To Baltimore And Kansas ...
8 Feb 2012 | 9:58 amGood news for Sprint customers in the Baltimore and Kansas City areas, as Sprint announced this morning their intent to bring 4G LTE services and enhanced 3G service to users in these cities. This comes on the heels of -
Germany to receive HTC Velocity with Vodafone 4G LTE
8 Feb 2012 | 7:09 amGermany is about to be treated to a taste of 4G LTE courtesy of Vodafone and HTC. The carrier has confirmed plans to carry the HTC Velocity, the phone known. -
T-Mobile 4G Smartphones Are Free On Valentine's Day
8 Feb 2012 | 4:16 amNothing says "I love you" like 4G LTE. Under T-Mobile's latest promotion, you can walk in to a T-Mobile store on Saturday, February 11, to pick out a 4G smartphone for free. This includes the Samsung Galaxy S II, the
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Buy Cute Cow USB Rechargeable MP3 Player - White (4G)
26 Jan 2012 | 5:21 amBuy Buy Cute Cow USB Rechargeable MP3 Player – White (4G) - Build-in rechargeable 500mAh lithium battery- Up to 5 hours of music playback- Hottest and coolest MP3 Player- Best cute MP3 player as a best gift for your honey lovers and friends- Package includes: USB cable, strap, earphone, English manual Cute Cow USB Rechargeable MP3 Player – White (4G) Dimensions: 1.93 in x 1.42 in x 0.59 in (4.9 cm x 3.6 cm x 1.5 cm) Weight: 2.86 oz (81 g) Buy Buy Cute Cow USB Rechargeable MP3 Player – White (4G) -
HTC Titan II and Nokia Lumia 900 Set To Launch on AT&T March 18th
26 Jan 2012 | 2:14 amAT&T is hitting the ground running in 2012, opening the year with two Windows Phones. Both the HTC Titan II and the Nokia Lumia 900 are hitting shelves on March 18th. The HTC Titan II can be yours for $199.99 on a new two-year contract. It features a whooping 4.7 inch screen, a 16megapixel camera, 1.5 GHz processor, and will run on AT&T’s LTE(4G) network. The Nokia Lumia 900 on the other hand will be only $99.99 but still gives the Titan II a run for it’s money. The Lumia has a slightly smaller 4.3 inch screen, with a 8megapixel camera on the back, and a 1.4 GHz… -
LG Spectrum Verizon Wireless Upgrade Cost
25 Jan 2012 | 8:24 amLG Spectrum – The newest 4G LTE device from LG and Verizon Wireless that has been released few -
O solutie pe timp de criza care ar putea sa genereze un numar record de job-uri.
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A bird's-eye view of T-Mobile's new spectrum trove
24 Jan 2012 | 4:00 pmWith their planned merger officially dead, AT&T(s T) is in the process of handing over T-Mobile’s consolation prize, which includes a grab bag of airwaves T-Mobile will use to bulk up its 4G network. AT&T’s official transfer application popped up on the Federal Communications Commission website over the weekend, revealing for the first time the specific licenses T-Mobile would gain. For those of you who don’t want to dig through the arcane documentation, GigaOM reader and spectrum policy wonk Andrew Shepherd has prepared a map that shows exactly where T-Mobile picks up new…
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How to map the 100 billion neurons in the brain
8 Feb 2012 | 5:21 amSebastian Seung needs your help in untangling the brain's connections (credit: eyewire.org)MIT neuroscientist Sebastian Seung believes mapping of of the human brain’s 100 billion neurons can be done — one cubic millimeter of brain tissue at a time.Even more than our genome, our connectome shapes who we are, says Seung, who outlines his vision for connectome research in a new book, Connectome. “Clearly genes are very important, but because they don’t change after the moment of conception, they can’t really account for the effects of experience,” he says.A streambed of… -
Wolfram Alpha Pro to be launched today
8 Feb 2012 | 5:09 amThe biggest change to Wolfram|Alpha since its launch nearly three years ago will be our next release, and we wanted you to be aware that it’s coming, says the Wolfram Alpha blog.“We’re not going to let you know the details just yet, but what you’re going to find is a dramatic enhancement of functionality. You’ll be able to personalize your interaction with Wolfram|Alpha in ways that only our combination of algorithms, presentation tools, and data representation could make possible.“You’ll still be able to use Wolfram|Alpha as you have in the past if you choose, but we… -
How to create ultra-low-cost solar cells from agricultural waste
8 Feb 2012 | 4:56 amNanostructured titanium oxide and zinc oxide photoanodes and schematic of an ideal ultra-low cost biophotovoltaic arrangementWithin a few years, people in remote villages in the developing world may be able to make their own solar panels, at low cost, using otherwise worthless agricultural waste as their raw material.That’s the vision of MIT researcher Andreas Mershin. He says the process has been simplified to the point that virtually any lab could replicate it — including college or even high school science labs — allowing researchers around the world to start exploring the… -
Watson’s new job: IBM salesman
8 Feb 2012 | 4:45 amIBM’s Watson is having its biggest impact by pulling in new customers for existing business products as IBM persuades them to organize their data into formats that an AI like Watson can better understand.IBM has created a slogan, “Ready for Watson,” to help sell its products that way.At the heart of Watson is a system known as DeepQA. This is not yet for sale, although trials are underway in both health and financial services. IBM will announce an implementation of Watson in finance, too. -
A therapist in your pocket
8 Feb 2012 | 4:35 amAre you depressed, checking e-mail and Facebook, or home alone ruminating for hours?Cheer up. Scientists are inventing web-based, mobile and virtual technologies to treat depression and other mood disorders at a new National Institutes of Health-funded Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine center.In the works: a virtual human therapist to prevent depression, a medicine bottle that reminds you to take antidepressant medication and tells your doctor if the dosage needs adjusting, and a web-based social network to help cancer survivors relieve sadness and stress.“We’re…
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PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories
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Mighty Martian meteorite lands at UK's Natural History Museum
8 Feb 2012 | 3:35 pmA rare Martian meteorite that could help unravel the mysteries of Mars has arrived at the Natural History Museum in London today, obtained with the support of a donor. -
Tai Chi program helps Parkinson's disease patients
8 Feb 2012 | 2:50 pmAn Oregon Research Institute (ORI) exercise study conducted in four Oregon cities has shown significant benefits for patients with mild-to-moderate Parkinson's disease. In an original article published in the February 9, 2012 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), ORI scientist Fuzhong Li, Ph.D. and colleagues report that a tailored program of twice-weekly Tai Chi training resulted in improved postural stability and walking ability, and reduced falls in the participants. -
Guilty verdict in theft of Motorola secrets for China
8 Feb 2012 | 2:40 pmA former software engineer for Motorola was found guilty Wednesday of stealing trade secrets from the US technology firm just before she tried to leave the country for China, the Justice Department said. -
Groupon fails to turn profit as revenue grows
8 Feb 2012 | 2:40 pmDaily deals site Groupon on Wednesday issued its first earnings report as a publicly traded company, saying it failed to turn a profit despite revenue nearly tripling from a year earlier. -
Drug costs, not volume, causes regional differences in Medicare drug spending
8 Feb 2012 | 2:40 pmThe cost of medications through Medicare's subsidized prescription drug program varies from region to region across the United States largely due to the use of more expensive brand-name drugs and not because of the amount of drugs prescribed, according to a study led by researchers from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health (GSPH). The authors said that more efficient prescribing practices could have saved the Medicare program and its beneficiaries $4.5 billion.
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The Singularity Institute Blog
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Singularity Institute Progress Report, January 2012
5 Feb 2012 | 1:06 pmPast progress report: December 2011. Here’s what the Singularity Institute did in January 2012: Winter fundraiser: We continued raising funds in January, but we still have about $30,000 left to go in our winter fundraiser before the deadline of February 20th. Please support our recent efforts toward greater transparency, efficiency, and productivity by donating now! Strategic discussions: In January we held a long and ongoing series of discussions concerning Singularity Institute strategy. Which scenarios are the most probable “desirable” futures for humanity, which ones… -
Singularity Institute Progress Report, December 2011
16 Jan 2012 | 2:35 pm“I think the Singularity Institute has some very smart people working on the most important mission on Earth, but… what exactly are they doing these days? I’m in the dark.” There’s a good reason I hear this comment so often. We haven’t done a good job of communicating our progress to our supporters. Since being appointed Executive Director of the Singularity Institute (SI) in November, I’ve been working to change that. I gave two Q&As about SI and explained our research program with a list of open problems in AI risk research. Now, I’d like… -
Paper: The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
12 Jan 2012 | 10:48 pmThere is a new paper by Nick Bostrom and Eliezer Yudkowsky on the ethics of Artificial Intelligence. It will appear in the Cambridge Handbook of Artificial Intelligence: The possibility of creating thinking machines raises a host of ethical issues. These questions relate both to ensuring that such machines do not harm humans and other morally relevant beings, and to the moral status of the machines themselves. The first section discusses issues that may arise in the near future of AI. The second section outlines challenges for ensuring that AI operates safely as it approaches humans… -
Q&A #2 with Luke Muehlhauser, Singularity Institute Executive Director
12 Jan 2012 | 10:34 pmSingularity Institute Activities Bugmaster asks: …what does the SIAI actually do? You don’t submit your work to rigorous scrutiny by your peers in the field… you either aren’t doing any AGI research, or are keeping it so secret that no one knows about it… and you aren’t developing any practical applications of AI, either… So, what is it that you are actually working on, other than growing the SIAI itself ? It’s a good question, and my own biggest concern right now. Donors would like to know: Where is the visible return on investment? How can I… -
Interview with Robin Powell, Singularity Institute Advocate
12 Jan 2012 | 8:39 pmLuke Muehlhauser: Robin, you’ve been donating $200 a month since August 2004. That adds up to more than $20,000, making you our 8th largest publicly listed donor! Why do you support the Singularity Institute like this? Robin Powell: I honestly believe that a beneficial Singularity is the best hope that humanity has for long-term survival. Having spent hundreds of hours researching the various people and groups that are actively working on Singularity-related issues, the Singularity Institute is the only one that I really feel has their eyes on the right ball, which is the Friendly AI…
