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From the DARPA press release (via Medgadget )    An international team led by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., has developed a prototype of the first fully integrated prosthetic arm that can be controlled naturally, provide sensory feedback and allows for eight degrees of freedom--a level of control far beyond the current state of the...

Via New Scientist The electronic age is changing our brains, but are we getting smarter, or dumb and dangerous? New Scientist investigates... Link    

Re-blogged from 3dPoint The International Herald Tribune breaks the news that IBM is launching a new mainframe platform specifically designed for next-generation virtual worlds and 3D...

Evolution of visually guided behavior in artificial agents. Network. 2007 Mar;18(1):11-34 Authors: Boots B, Nundy S, Purves D Recent work on brightness, color, and form has suggested that...