Archives > 2007-11

Via Textually.org             Vodafone offers a new service called "InsideOut" that allows interaction between characters in Second Life and real phones. "Both voice calls and text messages can be ferried in and out of the game, with SMSes running a cool L$300 (around $1) and voice calls running L$300 per minute. Calls and messages placed to Second Life, though, are billed at the same rate as they would be to a traditional German phone."

    Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Architecture and Software Technology FIRST and the Charite hospital in Berlin have developed a new EEG-controlled robot arm, which might one day bring help to people with paralysis.   Electrodes attached to the patient's scalp measure the brain's electrical signals, which are amplified and transmitted to a computer....

Quasi-movements: A novel motor-cognitive phenomenon. Neuropsychologia. 2007 Oct 22; Authors: Nikulin VV, Hohlefeld FU, Jacobs AM, Curio G We introduce quasi-movements and define them as...

Via Mind Hacks                                   The British Medical Association has just released a report on the ethical implications of using...

Via KurzweilAI.net     Researchers from Massey University have created a virtual teacher called Eve, that can ask questions, give feedback, discuss solutions, and express emotions. To...