From water wheels to the Google brain
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Nick Carr's scary take on the future of computing Radio Reg Semi-Coherent Computing listeners who have yet to read Nick Carr's new book The Big Switch will almost certainly want to pick up a copy.â¦
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Born 10 years ago, the Google Internet search engine has grown into the electronic center of human knowledge by indexing billions of web pages as well as images, books and videos.
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Interactive, detailed maps of the human brain and genome will spur new discoveries.
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Humanoid devices will be used to encourage interest in science and technology.
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Google Inc. locates almost anything on the Web within seconds, but finding the brainy engineers who program the company's lightning-quick search engine takes more time &#151; and a quirky bit of ingenuity.
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New publications, experiments and breakthroughs in information technology--and what they mean.
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For decades, computer performance has been driven largely by the increasing numbers of ever-smaller transistors squeezed into the machines&#39; silicon brains.
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A team of US researchers has shown that controlling devices with the brain is a step closer. Four people, two of them partly paralysed wheelchair users, successfully moved a computer cursor while wearing a cap with 64 electrodes.
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One of the major issues plaguing search engines right now is the growing list of web documents available online. While no exact numbers are available, there are billions of search results to sort through. But, they can&#8217;t all be relevant both on material content and time &#8212; can they?  Of course they&#8217;re not, and Google [...]
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MIT's Martin Culpepper shows how to build simple machines that move with nanometer precision.
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An airfare predictor and subway guide, restaurant reviews and car sharing
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This interview is the beginning of a series on search engines. We'll briefly look at their history, and delve into some of the techniques of optimizing Web sites for search engines. By Lee Underwood. 0812
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Search Engine Roundtable, the blog of Barry Schwartz, has updated with a much more slick and streamlined design. I&#8217;ve been eagerly awaiting for the day that Barry updates his design as his company, Rusty Brick, puts out some incredible work and his personal blog, CartoonBarry, is top of the shelf in blog functionality. Excellent job Mr. Schwarzt!
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Scientists have mapped a key network of switches in the brain which could aid research into neurological conditions.
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A new experiment sends a simple idea racing around the web, and tracks its progress. All of this has happened before; all of this will happen again. By Robert Lemos.
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Neuroscientists use coral and jellyfish DNA to create colorful arrays of neuronal connections in mouse brains.
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Blog: Exploring future product opportunities using the iPhone's components