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Friday November 2, 2012 Daily edition   News and Blog Headlines Rollable, foldable e-devices coming Privately owned genetic databases may hinder diagnosis NASA’S Fermi measures cosmic ‘fog’ produced by ancient starlight Imec and Nantero launch joint carbon-nanotube-memory program for high-density next-generation memory below 20nm World’s largest offshore wind farm generates first power IBM’s Watson goes to medical school Your future smartphone and tablet will have 48 cores: Intel Latest News Rollable, foldable e-devices coming November 2, 2012   What if a tablet screen were a paper-thin plastic that rolled like a window shade? University of Cincinnati researchers have now announced experiment verification that such “electrofluidic imaging film” works. The breakthrough is a white, porous film coated with a thin layer of reflective electrodes and spacers that are then subjected to unique and sophisticated fluid mechanics … more… Privately owned genetic databases may hinder diagnosis November 2, 2012   This week, the European Journal of Human Genetics published an article showing that Myriad Genetics, providers of the BRCA1/2 genetic test, has amassed vast quantities of clinical data without sharing it, Professor Martina Cornel, chair of the European Society of Human Genetics‘ Professional and Public Policy committee, said: “We are very concerned that such important data is … more… NASA’S Fermi measures cosmic ‘fog’ produced by ancient starlight November 2, 2012   Astronomers using data from NASA‘s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have made the most accurate measurement of starlight in the universe and used it to establish the total amount of light from all of the stars that have ever shone, accomplishing a primary mission goal. “The optical and ultraviolet light from stars continues to travel throughout … more… Imec and Nantero launch joint carbon-nanotube-memory program for high-density next-generation memory below 20nm November 2, 2012     Imec, a world-leading research institution in nanoelectronics, and Nantero, Inc., a nanotechnology company using carbon nanotubes (CNTs) for the development of next-generation semiconductor devices, have announced a joint development program. The collaboration will focus on the carbon-nanotube-based memory developed by Nantero, NRAM, and its application in high-density next-generation memories with a size under 20nm. … more… World’s largest offshore wind farm generates first power November 2, 2012   The first power has been produced at the London Array Offshore Wind Farm, DONG Energy, E.ON and Masdar have announced . The 630MW scheme, located in the Thames Estuary, will be the world’s largest offshore wind farm, with construction on schedule to be finished by the end of the year. The 175 turbines will produce enough power to … more… IBM’s Watson goes to medical school November 2, 2012   Next up for Watson: a stint as a medical student at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, New York Times Bits reports. The collaboration includes a bit of controlled crowdsourcing, with the Cleveland clinicians and medical school students answering Watson’s questions and correcting its mistakes. “Hopefully, we can contribute to … more… New BLOG POSTS Your future smartphone and tablet will have 48 cores: Intel November 2, 2012 by Amara D. Angelica   Intel researchers are working on a 48-core processor for smartphones and tablets — making them many times more powerful than today’s desktop computers within the next five to ten years, reports Computerworld. Intel is distributing 100 of the experimental 48-core chips so researchers can work on the advanced parallel-computing programming models and software need to support these cores. Intel … more… New VIDEOS   BeeBee’s special enhancement New books The Brain Supremacy: Notes from the Frontiers of Neuroscience author Kathleen Taylor   Advances in physics, chemistry and other natural sciences have given us extraordinary control over our world. But today the balance of power in the sciences is changing, as research on the brain and mind has produced important breakthroughs in our understanding of ourselves and of our environment. As a result, funding and researchers are pouring … more… Visit KurzweilAI.net You are currently subscribed to the KurzweilAI.net newsletter as *|EMAIL|* To unsubscribe, please click here. To change your email preferences, please click here. *|LIST:ADDRESS|*.