Archive for the science Category

Dean Kamen’s “Luke Arm”

Brain Fitness for Dollars

Reuters on the Brain Fitness Industry:

The size of the U.S. market for brain stimulation products — which can range from games such as Nintendo Co Ltd’s Brain Age to programs backed by research showing they can improve memory or other cognitive functions — more than doubled between 2005 and 2007 to $225 million, according to a new report by the consulting group SharpBrains.

Ants Cheat? Whatever Happened to Collective Intelligence?

Swarm Intelligence may not be complexity emerging from simple interactions after all [from MSNBC LiveScience]:

Although ants are noted for their communal cooperation, the ranks of ant royalty are actually riddled with cheating and corruption, a new study finds.

Is This THE Theory of Everything?

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