MIT debate: Will a 'conscious' machine ever be built?
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Inventor Ray Kurtzweil and Yale University professor David Gelernter debated whether "conscious" computers will ever be built last night at MIT. They agreed to disagree.
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Computer science professor Marvin Minsky of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is known for feats that range from inventing the ultrahigh-resolution confocal microscope to helping found the field of artificial intelligence, which aims to create computers that mimic the human mind.
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Chip-making technique to fuel AMD64, PowerPC, 'Cell' production
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'Maybe a solution for alternative energy, or something' A group of MIT students and staff has used stationary cycles to power a computer, in a feat that was described by one of them as "something that will hopefully lead to maybe solutions for alternative energy, something like that".â¦
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Itâs funny how circumstances can change your perception of whatâs possible. A few months ago, key Microsoft architects were telling me that it would be impossible to decouple the Avalon presentation subsystem from the Longhorn OS.
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Body-powered RFID just one exciting app Boffins working at MIT and Texas Instruments believe they're on the road to new chip designs which consume significantly less power, promising a revolution in many fields of electronics. The research was funded by DARPA*, the US warboffinry bureau which considers that the only place for a walking tour is the wild side.â¦
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Researchers are working on autonomous robots that eat to produce energy. The problem right now is that batteries are much better. By Lakshmi Sandhana.
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Aug 17 - Professor Raj Reddy, an Indian researcher in artificial intelligence and a professor at Carnegie Mellon University. Has designed a wirelessly networked personal computer worth just 250 US dollars intended for the four billion people around the ...
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The future kitchen gadgets that could make life easier in the kitchen, say MIT researchers.
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Analysis: Dual- and quad-core systems add power, but customers wonder whether the they're worth the cost.
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Research work could mean data gets in and out of computer chips at speed of light.
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Game animator I-Wei Huang is getting rave reviews for his steam-powered robots. How does he hack RC kits with steam engines? And will he ever make a rideable robot? By Griffin Wright.
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An MIT inventor bent on public service creates practical solutions to life-threatening problems around the world. Her approach: be a master of the obvious. Second in a series profiling this year's MacArthur 'genius award' winners. By Kari Lynn Dean.
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By Paul Gromosiak  I must admit that I am a bit of a Luddite, but I have accepted my fair share of technology in my daily life. What concerns me is how rapidly technology seems to be taking complete control of our lives. Once our servant, I think it is now our master.
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So the big question all the critics were asking about Alex Proyas&#8217; latest effort was &#8220;Does it betray Asimov?&#8221;, which is a silly question since Asimov was a bit of a hack himself. More pertinent might be the question &#8220;Did Asimov betray robots?&#8221;, which is also something of a silly question, but one that probably leads to more interesting thoughts than the critics&#8217; dissection of tired robotic plotlines.   The Great Man&#8217;s Three Laws of Robotics (which might usefully be replaced with three laws about the use of capitalisation in grand statements) have caused far more discussion amongst AI aficionados than they should have done. AI might not be so far off as one would hope, and worryingly it looks like computer games might be the first to give us true digital friends&#8212;rumours that Proyas&#8217; next project is to be titled I, Sonic appear to be unfounded. But whether Capitalism delivers the Talkie Toastie&#174; or the Terminator first, it is unlikely that we will look to AI for servant hood and menial labour.
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Is parallel processing the step beyond? Here is a long-term question: is Intel starting the long walk away from the x86 architecture and towards what it sees as the "next big thing"?â¦
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Frank Hayes says 2008 is the year to wrap our brains around the whole virtualization idea. Mark Hall disagrees.