Hackers who commandeer your computer are bad enough. Now scientists worry that someday, they’ll try to take over your brain. tags hacking hacker brain computer wirelessResearchers have developed technology that makes it possible to use thoughts to operate a computer, or maneuver a wheelchair without lifting a finger. But as neural devices become more complicated some say the risks of “brain hacking” should be taken seriously. picked by Bingo 9 months ago |
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Researchers from Japan’s ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories have developed new brain analysis technology that can reconstruct the images inside a person’s mind and display them on a computer monitor, it was announced on December 11. picked by muppet 1 year ago 11 comments edit related share science |
What would a dog say if it could talk? "Stranger", "fight", "walk", "alone", "ball" and "play", according to scientists who have developed a computer programme to translate dog barks. The special programme analysed more than 6,000 barks from 14 Hungarian sheepdogs in six different situations. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 8 comments edit related share technology |
Emotiv, a San Francisco-based collection of mad scientist and computer engineers, say they've developed a headset that allows you to play videogames with your mind. picked by punthe 2 years ago 2 comments edit related share entertainment |
A computer model has been developed that can predict what word you are thinking of. The model may help to resolve questions about how the brain processes words and language, and might even lead to techniques for decoding people’s thoughts. picked by sandossu 2 years ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
We don’t usually get to see these types of keyboard in homes and offices. Let us take a look at some of these unusual but cool Computer Keyboards that make the use of Keyboards easier and much more sophisticated. picked by iamamaniac 12 months ago 0 comments edit related share technology |
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The Matrix is here. Users of Second Life can now have their brains directly wired into a computer system that lets them control the virtual world with only their minds. picked by fogowar 2 years ago 4 comments edit related share technology |
Could playing computer games enhance mental agility enough to turn people over 50 into better drivers? Allstate Corp. wants to find out, and if the answer is yes, it might offer insurance discounts to people who play the games. 1 comments edit related share technologyNo silly, not while driving :p picked by Nateebiinature 1 year ago |
An old computer these days is no longer a completely useless system. In fact, even though I might upgrade my main computer every couple of years, I usually take ten to fifteen years before I completely remove it from my home network and send it to that great LAN in the sky! picked by Sandman2 3 years ago 0 comments edit related share technology |
The computer – equipped with two hard drives, seven fans, high-end video and audio cards, a wireless Internet connection and cables that glow under ultraviolet light – is designed for playing video games, prosecutors say. picked by escaflowne 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
Employees provided computer data without questioning identity picked by deepchill 3 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
The computer has since become a central feature of much contemporary art, be it in the execution, reconfiguration or reproduction of work. Entire artistic disciplines like algorithm art, software art and digital illustration have evolved with computers at their very core. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago 0 comments edit related share arts |
Japan's BSI-TOYOTA Collaboration Center has successfully developed a system that controls a wheelchair using brain waves in as little as 125 milliseconds. picked by kakana 9 months ago 0 comments edit related share technology |
Discarded computer parts could one day wind up fueling your car. That’s because researchers in Romania and Turkey have developed a simple, efficient method for recycling printed circuit boards into environmentally-friendly raw materials for use in fuel, plastic, and other useful consumer products. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 2 comments edit related share science |
Here's a $30,000 jewelry computer that could predictably make you ponder between a Mini Cooper and the computer. 2 comments edit related share plime.comOf course, I'd always take the Mini. picked by bingo 12 months ago |
The Stanford Center for Professional Development has digitized more than one hundred tapes of Knuth's musings, lectures, and selected classes and posted them online. These archived tapes resonate with not only his thoughts, but with insights from students, audience members, and other luminaries in mathematics and computer science. picked by jLoSsDh 10 months ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Quebec provincial police conducted raids on Wednesday, breaking up a hacking ring that police say is responsible for an estimated CDN$45 million (US$44.3 million) in damage to computer systems. picked by topofall 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
... it's much worse if you're a minister, on the church's computer, and you infect the entire church network. picked by tigertony 1 year ago 7 comments edit related share world |
Scientists have created a really fast bacterial computer that can solve, among other things, the traveling salesman problem.. Programming such a computer is no easy task, however. It involves modifying the DNA of bacteria such as e coli picked by 2manyusernames 8 months ago 2 comments edit related share technology |
Many of us think of the movie “Tron” as the the first film to use computer animation or effects in any form. But the technology goes back a lot further than 1982, when Tron was released. Here are some notable milestones in computer animation and effects in film: picked by power832 3 years ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
Impressed and alarmed by advances in artificial intelligence, a group of computer scientists is debating whether there should be limits on research that might lead to loss of human control over computer-based systems that carry a growing share of society’s workload, from waging war to chatting with customers on the phone. picked by kakana 8 months ago 2 comments edit related share science |