Waleed Abdulla

An entrepreneur and a software engineer. Working on my new Internet startup and enjoying the long hours in Redwood City, CA.


Blog:        http://www.selfdebugging.com/
Startup: http://www.ninua.com/
XRules: http://www.xrules.org/ (open source)

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Stem Cells Undo Birth Defects
Transplanted stem cells restore normal behavior in brain-damaged rodents.
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[Humor] Roomba Violates All Three Laws Of Roombotics
The first law states that the device "must not suck up jewelry or other valuables, or through inaction, allow valuables to be sucked up." The second law prescribes that Roomba "must obey vacuuming orders given to it by humans except when such orders would conflict with the first law." The third and final law authorizes a Roomba to "protect its own ability to suction dust and debris as long as such protection does not conflict with the first or second law."
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Brain Reorganizes to Make Room for Math
It takes years for children to master the ins and outs of arithmetic. New research indicates that this learning process triggers a large-scale reorganization of brain processes involved in understanding written symbols for various quantities.
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Software-Generated Paper Accepted At IEEE Conference
This generated paper has been accepted with review by the 2008 International Conference on Computer Science and Software Engineering (CSSE).
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Can Humans Live to 1,000?
Cambridge University geneticist Aubrey de Grey has famously stated, “The first person to live to be 1,000 years old is certainly alive today …whether they realize it or not, barring accidents and suicide, most people now 40 years or younger can expect to live for centuries.”
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Evolving the Mona Lisa
Here's an interesting example of genetic programming: use a program that slightly alters colored polygons, compares the results to a target, and selects variants that most resemble the Mona Lisa.
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Warning: The internet is almost full
Not about the Singularity, but a good metaphor for how information growth is out growing our abilities to handle it.
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Memories may be stored on your DNA
REMEMBER your first kiss? Experiments in mice suggest that patterns of chemical "caps" on our DNA may be responsible for preserving such memories.
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IBM plans 'brain-like' computers
IBM has announced it will lead a US government-funded collaboration to make electronic circuits that mimic brains.
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Brain-Computer Interfaces Becoming Reality (60 minutes video)
My jaw hit the floor tonight watching a 60 Minutes segment on the emerging neuroscience of brain-only computer interfaces. In the clip (included in full below), see how a completely paralyzed man, who could otherwise only communicate by moving his eyes, uses his mind to type out thoughts on a computer screen.
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The Rise of the Machines
It was easy enough for us humans to understand a stick or a dollar bill when it was backed by something tangible somewhere, but only computers can understand and derive a correlation structure from observed collateralized debt obligation tranche spreads. Which leads us to the next question: Just how much of the world’s financial stability now lies in the “hands” of computerized trading algorithms?
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'Intelligent' computers put to the test
The six computer programs taking part in the test are called Alice, Brother Jerome, Elbot, Eugene Goostman, Jabberwacky and Ultra Hal. Their designers will be competing for an 18-carat gold medal and $100,000 offered by the Loebner Prize in Artificial Intelligence.
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The Growing Field of Regenerative Medicine
Transcript of William Haseltine’s presentation at the free symposium entitled Aging: The Disease, The Cure, The Implications
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Element Bars: Built-To-Order Nutrition Bars That Don’t Taste Like Chalk
To build a bar, users are first asked to pick a base texture, with options including “Oaty”, “Crispy”, and “Datey”. From there, they gradually add fruits, nuts, sweets, and finally a choice of “Boosts” - the powdered supplements that contain large portions of protein, fiber, or antioxidants.
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Dunkin' Donut stores using facial-recognition system to serve targeted ads
A face recognition system that suggests what cakes you should buy and a device that recognises what you have picked off the shelf are the latest weapons in the battle for customers
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Biologists on the Verge of Creating New Form of Life
It's not as Frankensteinian as it sounds. Instead, a lab led by Jack Szostak, a molecular biologist at Harvard Medical School, is building simple cell models that can almost be called life.
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Brain Cells Observed Summoning a Memory
Scientists have for the first time recorded individual brain cells in the act of summoning a spontaneous memory, revealing not only where a remembered experience is registered but also, in part, how the brain is able to recreate it.
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Human exoskeleton suit helps paralyzed people walk
Something of a mix between the exoskeleton of a crustacean and the suit worn by comic hero Iron Man, ReWalk helps paraplegics -- people paralyzed below the waist -- to stand, walk and climb stairs.
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