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Wednesday November 28, 2012 Daily edition   News and Blog Headlines Why bio-inspired deep learning keeps winning competitions Scientists speculate on top-secret Mars Rover discovery A solar energy funnel to harness a broader spectrum of light Moderate exercise enhances memory and preserves gray matter Flexible, low-voltage circuits using nanocrystals More Facebook friends means more stress, says report Minecraft Reality for iOS Reading, writing and playing games may help aging brains stay healthy Latest News Scientists speculate on top-secret Mars Rover discovery November 28, 2012   NASA’s Curiosity rover’s Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument has likely relayed some provocative findings, Space.com reports. John Grotzinger, lead mission investigator for the Curiosity rover, set the rumors in motion during an interview with NPR last week, saying, “We’re getting data from SAM … this data is gonna be one for the history books. … more… A solar energy funnel to harness a broader spectrum of light November 28, 2012   The quest to harness a broader spectrum of sunlight’s energy to produce electricity has taken a radically new turn, with the proposal of a “solar energy funnel” that takes advantage of materials under elastic strain. “We’re trying to use elastic strains to produce unprecedented properties,” says Ju Li, an MIT professor. In this case, the “funnel” … more… Moderate exercise enhances memory and preserves gray matter November 28, 2012   A short burst of moderate exercise enhances the consolidation of memories in both healthy older adults and those with mild cognitive impairment, scientists with UC Irvine’s Center for the Neurobiology of Learning & Memory have discovered. In their study, post-doctoral researcher Sabrina Segal and neurobiologists Carl Cotman and Lawrence Cahill had people 50 to 85 … more… Flexible, low-voltage circuits using nanocrystals November 28, 2012   University of Pennsylvania researchers hav shown that nanocrystals of the semiconductor cadmium selenide can be “printed” or “coated” on flexible plastics to form high-performance electronics. Electronic circuits are typically integrated in rigid silicon wafers. Flexibility opens up a wide range of applications,  but finding materials with the right mix of performance and manufacturing cost remains … more… More Facebook friends means more stress, says report November 28, 2012   A study at the University of Edinburgh Business School has found that the more groups of people in someone’s Facebook friends, the greater potential for stress. In particular, adding employers or parents resulted in the greatest increase in anxiety. Stress arises when a user presents a version of themself on Facebook that is unacceptable to … more… Minecraft Reality for iOS November 28, 2012   Imagine being able to dump your Minecraft creations into the real world for other people to find. 13th Lab’s Minecraft Reality app for iOS, developed by Mojang, lets you do just that. The app uses your iOS device’s camera to track the surroundings, before projecting creations onto the landscape, using GPS technology, to plant your creations … more… Reading, writing and playing games may help aging brains stay healthy November 27, 2012   Mental activities like reading and writing can preserve structural integrity in the brains of older people, according to a new study. Konstantinos Arfanakis, Ph.D., and colleagues from Rush University Medical Center and Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago studied what effect late-life cognitive activity might have on the brain’s white matter, which is composed of … more… New BLOG POSTS Why bio-inspired deep learning keeps winning competitions November 28, 2012 by Amara D. Angelica   Dr. Juergen Schmidhuber is Director of the Swiss Artificial Intelligence Lab (IDSIA), Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Lugano, Switzerland, and Professor at The University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI). His research team has been winning numerous international awards for its machine-learning systems and his team’s novel brain-like artificial … more… New EVENTS   Colloquium on the Law of Futuristic Persons Dates: Dec 10, 2012 Location: Terasem Island Conference Center, Second Life more...   “When Comes The Hour” Zero State event Dates: Dec 20 – 21, 2012 Location: London, United Kingdom more... New VIDEOS   Portabee: an affordable, portable 3D printer   Some GM 2013 cars to support Siri for voice control New books The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined author Steven Pinker   A provocative history of violence—from the New York Times bestselling author of The Stuff of Thought and The Blank Slate Believe it or not, today we may be living in the most peaceful moment in our species’ existence. In his gripping and controversial new work, New York Times bestselling author Steven Pinker shows that despite the ceaseless news about war, crime, and … more… Zendegi author Greg Egan   In the near future, journalist Martin Seymour travels to Iran to cover the parliamentary elections. Most would-be opposition candidates are disqualified and the election becomes the non-event the world expects. But shortly afterward a compromising image of a government official captured on a mobile phone triggers a revolutionary movement that overthrows the old theocracy. Nasim … more… Latest Kurzweil Collection posts How to Create a Mind is New York Times hardcover nonfiction bestseller   Source: The New York Times — November 25, 2012 How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed by Ray Kurzweil is now #5 on The New York Times Bestseller List for Hardcover Nonfiction and #35 on the E-Book Nonfiction Bestseller List. It came out at #1 among all books on the Barnes & Noble bestseller list and went into its third … more… Read full article here 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|*.