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Monday January 7, 2013 Daily edition   News and Blog Headlines Biomolecular movie-making LEGO Mindstorms EV3: the better, faster, stronger generation of robotic programming Induction of adult cortical neurogenesis by an antidepressant Discovery of pathway leading to depression reveals new drug targets iSpy vs. gSpy Are you ready for computers as comedians? Toyota Motor Corp and Lexus to reveal autonomous research vehicle at CES Latest News Biomolecular movie-making January 7, 2013   Toshio Ando and co-workers at Kanazawa University have developed and used high-speed atomic force microscopy (HS-AFM) to achieve direct visualization of dynamic structural changes and processes of functioning biological molecules in physiological solution — creating microscopic movies of unprecedented sub-100-ms temporal resolution and submolecular spatial resolution. To produce an image, HS-AFM acquires information on sample height at many points by tapping the … more… LEGO Mindstorms EV3: the better, faster, stronger generation of robotic programming January 7, 2013   Lego is back with another generation of MindStorms, the company’s consumer robotics line aimed at introducing application programming to a younger generation, TechCrunch reports. The new kit includes directions for up to 17 different robots, most of which look like scary-style animals, such as snakes and scorpions. Mindstorms EV3 marks the first time that users … more… Induction of adult cortical neurogenesis by an antidepressant January 7, 2013 The production of new neurons in the adult normal cortex in response to the antidepressant fluoxetine is reported in a study published online this week in Neuropsychopharmacology. The research team, which is based at the Institute for Comprehensive Medical Science, Fujita Health University, Aichi, has previously demonstrated that neural progenitor cells exist at the surface … more… Discovery of pathway leading to depression reveals new drug targets January 7, 2013   Scientists have identified the key molecular pathway leading to depression, revealing potential new targets for drug discovery, according to research led by King’s College London’s Institute of Psychiatry. The study reveals for the first time that the “Hedgehog pathway” regulates how stress hormones, usually elevated during depression, reduce the number of brain cells. Depression affects approximately … more… iSpy vs. gSpy January 7, 2013   We are all being watched, whether we like it or not. It is a battle between you and the government — like Mad Magazine’s Spy vs. Spy comic, but it’s gSpy vs. iSpy, Andy Kessler, author of Eat People, writes in The Wall Street Journal. There are thousands of toll booths at bridges and turnpikes … more… Are you ready for computers as comedians? January 7, 2013 As verbal interaction between humans and computers becomes more prominent in daily life — from Siri, Apple’s voice-activated assistant technology, to speech-based search engines to fully automated call centers — demand has grown for “social computers” that can communicate with humans in a natural way. Teaching computers to grapple with humor is a key part … more… Toyota Motor Corp and Lexus to reveal autonomous research vehicle at CES January 7, 2013   Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) will reveal an advanced active safety research vehicle at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) today (Jan. 7). Lexus (a Toyota sales division} plans to explore the use of autonomous technologies and high-level driver assistance systems related to TMC’s  Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) research and development, which includes vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications technology. Also highlighted at CES will be the … more… New VIDEOS   Asteroid to fly between Earth, satellites New books La Singularidad Está Cerca. Cuando Los Humanos Transcendamos La Biología author Ray Kurzweil   “La Singularidad está cerca” es la obra maestra de uno de los pensadores más influyentes de nuestros días, el ingeniero e inventor Ray Kurzweil. Este libro se centra en lo que el autor llama la ley de los rendimientos acelerados, una ley que ha de llevar a la humanidad a un escenario donde se producirá … more… Latest Kurzweil Collection posts Google’s new Director of Engineering, Ray Kurzweil, is building your cybernetic friend   Source: TechCrunch — January 6, 2013 | Gregory Ferenstein World-renowned artificial intelligence expert andGoogle’s new Director of Engineering, Ray Kurzweil, wants to build a search engine so sophisticated that it could act like a ‘cybernetic friend,’ who knows users better than they know themselves. “I envision in some years that the majority of search queries will be answered without you actually asking,” he said … more… Read full article here Can we reverse-engineer the brain?   Source: Fortune — January 14, 2013 | Brian O'Keefe Read full article here The best advice I ever got: Ray Kurzweil   Source: CNNMoney — October 25, 2012 Futurist, inventor, author: In 1978, Xerox became interested in Kurzweil Computer Products and made an investment in my company. In 1979 they expressed interest in acquiring it. They were interested in the scanning and character-recognition technology. Xerox was in the printer business, and they had a lot of machines: copiers, printers that took computerized information and … 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|*.