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"OpenBCI is a low-cost, programmable, open-source EEG platform that gives anybody with a computer access to their brainwaves. Our vision is to realize the potential of the open-source movement to accelerate innovation in brain science through collaborative hardware and software development. Behind the many lines of code and circuit diagrams, OpenBCI has a growing community of scientists, engineers, designers, makers, and a whole bunch of other people who are interested in furthering our understanding of the brain. We feel that the biggest challenges in understanding what makes us who we are cannot be solved by a company, an institution, or even an entire field of science. Rather, we believe these discoveries will be made through an open forum of shared knowledge and concerted effort by people from many different disciplines. "

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In a stunning first for neuroscience, researchers have created an electronic link between the brains of two rats, and demonstrated that signals from the mind of one can help the second solve basic puzzles in real time - even when those animals are separated by thousands of miles.

"Brains, Minds & Machines Seminar Series: Computer Vision that is changing our lives"

"The Human Connectome Project aims to provide an unparalleled compilation of neural data, an interface to graphically navigate this data and the opportunity to achieve never before realized conclusions about the living human brain."

Meditative breathing actually alters your gene expression: inflammation- oriented ones turn off, metabolism-oriented ones turn on. All of which helps focus. Our minds are often drifting during our waking hours, but that doesn't have to be a productivity loss, says Arizona State research psychologist Peter Killeen.

"In a quarter of a second, this new CT scanner can take a perfect 3-D photo of your brain or heart. The underlying technology is nothing new, since CT scanners have been around for 40 years. But they've never been nearly this fast. "It's analogous to the shutter speed on a camera," says Scott Schubert, general manager of premium CT at GE Healthcare, whose Revolution CT is now pending approval from the FDA. "The faster the shutter speed on a camera, the more you're able to freeze moving objects.""

Un article de Nicolas Rougier de l'Inria et correspondant Bodyware "Un premier courant symbolique considère la machine comme un système de manipulation de symboles qui peut être utilisé pour instancier des représentations formelles du monde. Il repose sur la logique, se faisant ainsi l'héritier des rationalistes, et sa philosophie peut se résumer à la volonté de construire un esprit ("making a mind"). Mené par Allen Newell et Herbert Simon, ce courant symbolique stipule que l'intelligence repose sur la notion de symbole. Le deuxième courant connexionniste considère en revanche la machine comme un support de la modélisation du cerveau offrant les capacités nécessaires pour simuler les interactions entre les neurones. Il repose sur le domaine des statistiques et sa philosophie peut se résumer à la volonté de modéliser le cerveau ("modelling the brain"). Ce courant connexionniste mené par, entre autres, Frank Rosenblatt propose une vision numérique du traitement de l'information et s'oppose à l'hypothèse symboliste. Aujourd'hui, nous savons que l'intelligence humaine ne se réduit pas à une simple manipulation des symboles. L'expérience du monde physique, au travers du corps, est un élément essentiel du développement de la cognition. C'est ce qu'on appelle la cognition incarnée et les plus gros défis de l'intelligence artificielle se situe aujourd'hui dans ce domaine."

"Echo's brain is in the cloud, running on Amazon Web Services so it continually learns and adds more functionality over time. The more you use Echo, the more it adapts to your speech patterns, vocabulary, and personal preferences"

D'ici 2050, les robots auront-ils remplacé les travailleurs du sexe ? A l'heure ou les jouets sexuels deviennent de plus en plus courant, les robots sexuels sont-ils l'avenir de nos relations ? Depuis Roxxxy, le premier robot sexuel - dévoilé en 2010 : http://news.discovery.com/tech/robotics/sex-robot-initially-health-aid.htm - les questions éthiques ne cessent de se poser... Pouvons-nous programmer quelque chose à toujours consentir ? Ces robots devront-ils avoir forme et apparence humaine ? Pas sûr... Ah, oui, quand même ! http://tvmiller.com/images/fleshlight_ipad_holder_2.jpg

"Sex with robots may currently be restricted to fiction, but with advances in technology this could eventually change. Despite how some may react, this is something that should be accepted, maybe even embraced"

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