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IBM creates Corelet programming language to make software that operates like the human brain
2013-08-08 17:13:25| Extremetech
At the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks held this week in Dallas, researchers from IBM will be taking the wraps off of a new software front-end for their neurosynaptic processor chips. The ultimate goal of these most recent efforts is to recast Watson-style cognitive computing, and its recent successes, into a decidedly more efficient architecture inspired by the brain., but is this realistic?
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Simulating 1 second of human brain activity takes 82,944 processors
2013-08-05 19:34:47| Extremetech
How much computing power does it take to model a working human brain? A lot more than you think.
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NV Energy, Inc. (NVE), Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK.A): Where Human...
2013-08-05 19:15:48| Semiconductors - Topix.net
A few months ago, that would have been an awesome call. But in this case, Zacks is way late to the party on this particular upgrade, and it showcases a danger inherent in relying too much on what appears to be a computerized decision-making algorithm.
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Public divide on climate change: Right wing nature or human nature?
2013-08-05 18:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ars Technica: Arguments over publicly controversial scientific issues like climate change commonly include a lot of accusations of ignorance, naveté, and ulterior motives. Take a step back from why is this person such a lughead? though, and a much better question arises: why are opinions so strongly tied to political affiliation? Why should liberals and conservatives come to such different views of what the scientific evidence does or does not show? If your brain just started compiling a laundry list of reasons...
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Rise in Shark Sightings Along the East Coast due to Increased Human Presence
2013-08-05 10:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: Shark sightings have been increasing along the East Coast in the past few decades. The rise of the sightings as documented by Discovery Channel's annual Shark Week, isn't due to the increase in its population but because of people trying to get too close to them, experts say. George Burgess, a Florida researcher and curator of the International Shark Attack File told USA Today, that people are spending more time in the water now than they did a few decades back. "More people are entering the sea...
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