hjalli.com – Hjálmar Gíslason

I have come up with a better solution for the quick links here in the Trendwatch. It is now a spurl.net list (yes, I made spurl.net, but it is still better). For those of you that want to continue following the links I picked out for the Trendwatch, the new RSS feed is here. And [...]

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This week’s Wetware related stuff in the media, including: Robots from the Victorian era Buildings get nerve systems AI helicopters BOINC for distributed computing Running robots …and more.

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This week’s Wetware related stuff in the media, including: Mind controlled video games Self-assembling chips from IBM Social insects inspire algorithms for robot teamwork Google becoming a command line interface to the Internet Game theory helps to work out peace treaties …and more.

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This week’s Wetware related stuff in the media, including: Programming like a human or breeding your software? Walking wheelchairs (is it still a “wheel”-chair?) Animals that know their cognitive limits Memory makes Sims more fun Paraphrasing software …and more.

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This week’s Wetware related stuff in the media, including: Software that predicts customer behavior The flaws of an ever-changing web Robot receptionists The latest maps of the Internet A lobster-inspired robot …and more.

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Sorry about the lack of posts this week, I’ve been pretty busy with the conference coming up. In any case, here’s this week’s Wetware related stuff in the media, including: Man vs. Machine: It’s a tie Genetic Algorithms and compiler optimizations Finally: A PDA that controls your brain Glowing fish Artificial nose wags the dogs [...]

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This week’s Wetware related stuff in the media, including: Vatican approving genetically modified food? Robot Hall of Fame Dirty details of machine learning Swarm robots Kasparov and Fritz tied with only one game to go …and more.

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This week’s Wetware related stuff in the media, including: Drowning in data Call for deep-sea exploration Digital Biology meeting in Maryland Japan and Chine connected with automatic translation Google connected to your brain …and more.

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This week’s Wetware related stuff in the media, including: Computer reconstructions of butterfly wing patterns CIA’s equivalent of James Bond’s Q reveals old tests Donald Trump and Perry Barlow want brain implants This years Loebner prize awarded Using your head as speakers …and more.

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As I promised, I’m starting a weekly Wetware Trendwatch, linking to Wetware related news gathered during the week. This is by no means intended to be a complete list, just a glimpse at the week in passing. So here’s this week’s batch, including: – Programmers’ view on the design of the human brain – “Daily [...]

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