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Tuesday March 12, 2013 Daily edition   News and Blog Headlines Stanford psychologists uncover brain-imaging inaccuracies iPad explores quantum computing China’s next-generation Internet is a world-beater Making cloud computing more efficient Engineers develop techniques to boost efficiency of cloud computing infrastructure Bioteeth generated from your own cells Global Grand Challenges Summit March 12–13 to be webcast live Latest News Stanford psychologists uncover brain-imaging inaccuracies March 12, 2013 Traditional methods of fMRI analysis systematically skew which regions of the brain appear to be activating, potentially invalidating hundreds of papers that use the technique, according to Stanford School of Medicine researchers. Pictures of brain regions “activating” are by now a familiar accompaniment to any neurological news story (including some in KurzweilAI — see Editor’s … more… iPad explores quantum computing March 12, 2013   A new section in Lockheed Martin’s LM Tomorrow, a free app for iPad users, explores quantum physics in an interactive, easy-to-understand format. The LM Tomorrow app received the gold-level “W3 Award” in 2012 for creative excellence on the web. The Quantum Theory section draws on expanding research into the  potential of quantum computing to solve challenges … more… China’s next-generation Internet is a world-beater March 12, 2013   A report published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society last week details China’s advances in creating a next-generation Internet that is on a national level and on a larger scale than anything in the West, New Scientist reports. At the root of the problem are “two major gaps in the architecture of the … more… Making cloud computing more efficient March 12, 2013     MIT researchers are developing a new system called DBSeer that should help solve problems with cloud-computing services, such as inefficient use of virtual machines,  pricing of cloud services, and  diagnosis of application slowdowns. For many companies, moving their web-application servers to the cloud is an attractive option, since cloud-computing services can offer economies of … more… Engineers develop techniques to boost efficiency of cloud computing infrastructure March 12, 2013   Computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego and Google have developed a novel approach that allows the massive infrastructure powering cloud computing as much as 15 to 20 percent more efficiently. This novel model has already been applied at Google. Computer scientists looked at a range of Google web services, including Gmail and … more… Bioteeth generated from your own cells March 12, 2013   Researchers are developing a method to replace missing teeth with new bioengineered teeth generated from a person’s own gum cells. Current implant-based methods of whole tooth replacement fail to reproduce a natural root structure and as a consequence of the friction from eating and other jaw movement, loss of jaw bone can occur around the implant. … more… Global Grand Challenges Summit March 12–13 to be webcast live March 11, 2013   The inaugural Global Grand Challenges Summit, an unprecedented gathering of technological thought leaders, will be webcast live from London on March 12–13. The Royal Academy of Engineering, the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, and the Chinese Academy of Engineering are hosting the event to foster global collaboration to tackle 14 “game-changing” engineering goals. The summit will … more… New EVENTS   2013 Conference of the Mormon Transhumanist Association Dates: Apr 5, 2013 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah more...   MIT Technology Review Mobile Summit Dates: Jun 10 – 11, 2013 Location: San Francisco, California more... New VIDEOS   Bioprinting a pancreas 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|*.