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Here, we show that fluorescent materials can be used to increase the active area of a photodiode by orders of magnitude while maintaining its short response time and increasing its field of view

Much faster than the Fast Fourier Transform if the signal's frequency content is sparse, which is commonly the case for many real signals.

"It works by emitting a burst of light from a femtosecond laser that reflects off visible surfaces - such as an opaque wall - onto objects that are hidden from the camera's direct view. The light then bounces off the object before ultimately making its way back to a detector. This process is repeated a number of times with the laser targeted at different areas of the reflecting surface." nice video

Artificial earthworm made from a mesh tube and shape memory alloy muscles.

The "Effizienzhaus-Plus mit Elektromobilität" (Google translation: House-Plus efficiency with electric mobility) project is a German government-backed initiative to build an energy-efficient house that generates more electricity than it consumes. It will see a family of four living in the house located in Berlin for fifteen months, starting in March 2012. Audi, BMW, Daimler, Opel and VW will each get a chance to put their respective electric vehicles to the test with each providing EVs to the house for periods of three months each.

A new chip that simulates the behaviour of a synapse. 1 down, a few hundred trillion to go...

A new imaging technique able to make movies of light moving!!! There is a trick, of course, but is a rather clever one and does not preclude innovative applications .....

paywall skipping: http://www.isir.upmc.fr/files/2011ACLI2061.pdf The most complete study I've seen so far on a new approach (Novelty Search) that has been gaining a lot of attention lately. And they even use parallel coordinates to visualize the results!! ;)

Okay, where can I buy one?

They don't say how they're planning to bring the power back to the mainland.

The wisdom of crowds breaks down when people are biased. Now researchers have discovered a simple method of removing this bias-just listen to the most confident.

So, those who insist know better? I reckon that an ignorant can also insist on his opinion.

In a world first, an artificial intelligence machine plays chess by evaluating the board rather than using brute force to work out every possible move. It's been almost 20 years since IBM's Deep Blue supercomputer beat the reigning world chess champion, Gary Kasparov, for the first time under standard tournament rules.

The disadvantage in this kind of engine lies exactly in its inability to extrapolate. You might actually be able to beat it if you play like an idiot.

nice idea and very nice video ;) using applied swarms

What do you think of this one ?

Well, that's perhaps the reason, why meetings were always so f... boring while I was at ACT :D

Lots more resources on collective intelligence: http://cci.mit.edu/

nice project

please see my Flyfire entry from MIT some posts below ...

yeah I saw it, it's also mentioned in the article

nice!

Cool video...