| Artificial intelligence milestone - a computer beat a human master in a 9X9 game of GOThis was the first ever officially sanctioned 'non blitz' victory of a 'machine' over a Go Master. Although Catalin Taranu beat the computer in a 19x19 configuration with a nine-stone handicap, the Go Master nevertheless rated the IA system as 'approaching Dan standard' in a performance that promises some formidable battles to come between man and machine. |
| Artificial Intelligence ? You are soaking in itMost financial transactions are made by program trading systems which use classic artificial intelligence methods. Google uses AI for search and to match ads with results. More AI and more power AI is being adopted all the time. Its influence is huge and increasing. |
| More details on the promising new molecular devices and architectureAnirban Bandyopadhyay expects to make spherical devices with more connections and to connect 1024 devices within 18 months. They may be working with Nanoink (massively parallel AFM arrays for input and output). That pace of progress would be better than most other molecular electronic approaches. 2 inch sphere of the devices would equal power of the human brain (direct singularity tie in) |
| There are four natural DNA bases and now two artificial DNA basesThis combines with other recent announcements about using DNA to assemble millions of three dimensional nanoparticles, being able to synthesize strings of DNA over 500,000 base pairs long and all molecular programmable DNA construction. I would say that the combined work indicates that we are completely within the age of DNA nanotechnology (using DNA for molecular control and construction). |
| Using DNA to assemble and hold millions of nanoparticles togetherDNA was used to build a three-dimensional structure out of 15 nanometer gold nanoparticles. The gold nanoparticles are the bricks and the DNA is scaffold and mortar. Three-dimensional nanoparticle arrays are likely to be the foundation of future optical and electronic materials. |
| Progress to human wall crawling [pics]Better gecko like materials. 2 square centimeters almost supports 1 pound. Hand and foot coverage would be enough to support the weight of an average person. A prediction I made in 2006 was that this would be achieved by 2008-2012 for climbing enthusiasts |
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