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Getting intelligent about the brain

October 27, 2004 Jeff Hawkins invented the PalmPilot. Now he's ready to solve the puzzle of artificial intelligence. TAGS: Jeff Hawkins, brain, theory, Palm Pilot, Artificial Intelligence

Images: Mapping the human brain

June 6, 2005 Can "Blue Matter" help illuminate the workings of the neocortex? IBM and a Swiss research group are betting on it. TAGS: brain, IBM Corp.

This is your brain on video games

June 23, 2005 Study shows the brain treats digital violence as if it's real. That doesn't mean gamers are gun-toting bullies. TAGS: violence, brain, study, science, video game, researcher, research, games, video

This is your brain on a microchip

May 11, 2006 Cognitive computing experts say the day that computers work like brains is getting closer. TAGS: Jeff Hawkins, brain, microchip, computer memory, computing, Artificial Intelligence, platform, theory, IBM Corp.

MIT discovery may improve robotic eyes

April 20, 2007 How the brain determines texture could improve artificial intelligence visual recognition systems. TAGS: brain, perception, Artificial Intelligence, work

Your brain: Search engine, or calculator?

June 29, 2005 When faced with a difficult decision, the right thing to do, apparently, is wait for more data. TAGS: Bayesian, brain, search engine, mouse, picture

The next game controller--your brain?

March 7, 2007 New game platform apparently can respond to emotions and conscious thoughts to move objects on the screen.Photos: This helmet plays mind games TAGS: helmet, brain, virtual worlds, game company, gamer, barrier, thought, San Francisco

Blueprinting the human brain

May 11, 2006 Computer visualization tools used to locate and earmark interesting results in the computations for further research. TAGS: brain, firing, Switzerland, supercomputer, IBM Corp., project, 3D, scientist, conference

IBM sells Blue Gene for brain research

June 5, 2005 Big Blue sells a multimillion-dollar model of its new Blue Gene/L supercomputer to simulate the workings of the human brain. Images: Mapping the neocortex TAGS: Blue Gene, brain, Blue Gene/L, supercomputer, IBM Corp., project

Retinal implants may soon restore lost vision

April 4, 2006 Researchers are working on ways to implant tiny electrodes in the eye and help restore vision to the blind. Images: Retinal implants TAGS: electrode, blind, vision, brain, Belgium, researcher, eye, video camera, radio, U.S., camera, video

IBM computing algorithm thinks like an animal

March 23, 2005 IBM developed a computer that can beat a chess master. Now it's coined research that may let a machine outfox a badger. TAGS: Jeff Hawkins, pattern recognition, IBM Corp., brain, behavior, animal, paper

This is your brain on TED

March 12, 2007 A neurologist explains synesthesia--a cross-wiring of the senses of hearing, vision and touch. Is this how poetry is born? TAGS: emotion, brain, mother, patient, condition, scientist, vision, response, California, conference

This is your brain on a Super Bowl ad

February 8, 2006 Researchers release brain scans that show what feelings--if any--this year's ads triggered in viewers. Photos: Your brain on ads TAGS: Federal Express, Super Bowl, brain, emotion, viewer, researcher, Disney Corp., response, activity

Online test calculates brain speed

March 24, 2006 A 10-minute test analyzes users' brain speed down to the millisecond. TAGS: brain, memory

Harvard brain images: Cat versus rat

January 31, 2005 Scientists can now see how neurons in animal brains react to different visual stimuli. Alzheimer's might not be far behind. TAGS: brain, cat, researcher, animal, cell, image, scientist

Molecular basis for learning, memory found in mice

January 5, 2007 Study of live mice while they learn, form memories and then recall them provides the key. TAGS: molecule, Molecular Inc., scientist, mouse, brain, memory, knowledge, monitor

Violence in games stimulates brain for aggression

October 12, 2005 Watching fake violence makes blood flow to the part of the brain associated with aggression, a new study says. TAGS: violence, brain, study, video game, Germany, games, activity, researcher, effect, video, link

Bringing color to the color-blind

April 12, 2007 Tenebraex's Peter Jones illuminates issues of night vision and color blindness in a data-driven world. Photos: Tenebraex tech for color blindness, night vision TAGS: Peter Jones, Polaroid, theory, brain, color, founder, camera

IBM's virtual pioneer

December 18, 2006 Second Life is much more than a chat room--it "changes everything," says IBM's Irving Wladawsky-Berger. TAGS: Second Life, supercomputing, IBM Corp., visualization, brain, 3D, interface, broadband, Linux, Web browser

MIT explains why bad habits are hard to break

October 19, 2005 Why do you get excited when you see a coffee mug after years of going without coffee? Because your neurons remember. TAGS: cue, habit, maze, rat, reward, pattern, behavior, brain, activity
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