Trained Neural Network Predicts Hollywood Blockbusters / Flops

May 18th, 2005 A good article from JavaWorld which describes how you can build intelligent robots that can learn and show emergent behavior. It uses artificial neural networks.

October 4th, 2006 Sophos has launched a host intrusion detection technology which it claims can spot any malware before it has a chance to execute anywhere on the network. It is integrated into the company’s anti-virus scanning engine.

August 11th, 2005 A voice synthesiser powered by thought alone could one day enable severely disabled patients to converse more instinctively. At least, so thinks Philip Kennedy of Georgia, US, who is developing a brain-activated speech system with backing from the US government's National Institute of Health.

July 9th, 2009 CHENNAI - A new software designed by two Indian electronic engineers gleans clear pictures out of hazy or blurry images. S.Uma, from the Coimbatore Institute of Technology, and S.

January 26th, 2004 A machine that generates music, creates better toothbrush and patentable inventions! I heard about it first from Weiqi Gao's Weblog - Weiqi Gao.com Read about it here. The idea is not new, introduce randomness in the system for better learning.

September 30th, 2009 Lawson Software predicts 2Q profitST. PAUL, Minn. — Lawson Software Inc.

April 27th, 2005 Stanford scientists (Yuichi Hori1, Xueying Gu, Xiaodong Xie, Seung K. Kim) were able to transform "brain-derived human neural progenitor cells" (read stem cells from brain) to glucose responsive insulin producing cells after subjecting them to signals that regulate islet development.

June 5th, 2006 Texas will enlist web users in its fight against illegal mexican immigration by offering live surveillance footage of the Mexican border on the internet. The plan will allow web users worldwide to watch Texas' border with Mexico and phone the authorities if they spot any apparently illegal crossings.

June 6th, 2009 LONDON - A meagre 10 percent of total Twitter users post 90 per cent of all tweets on the micro-blogging website, reveals a Harvard Business School report. And it is the prolific Twitter users, like Ashton Kutcher and his wife Demi Moore, who account for the majority of tweets.

May 24th, 2006 Honda scientists have created Brain Machine Interface that translate thoughts into electrical signals which can be used to control machinery. It doesn't require the user to undergo surgery or even extensive training - a major advance over past thought-controlled technologies.

September 2nd, 2009 AP Sources: YouTube to offer online movie rentalsLOS ANGELES — YouTube, Google Inc.'s online video streaming service, is in talks with Hollywood studios to rent new release movies online, according to people familiar with the talks. The move follows similar deals by Apple Inc.'s iTunes and others.

May 6th, 2009 Compuware sells software line to British companyDETROIT — Business software and services provider Compuware Corp. says it's selling an applications testing software line to Britain's Micro Focus International PLC for $80 million.

August 14th, 2009 China trade ruling helps US, but piracy a problemLOS ANGELES — American companies counting on a favorable trade ruling against China to boost sales of CDs, DVDs, books and video games will need a crackdown on rampant piracy before they can reap big benefits. Chinese incomes are lower than in the United States, and the quality of pirated entertainment there is quite good, making legal goods a tougher sell.

January 29th, 2007 NDS, the company behind DirecTV PVR, came up with two very innovative products. The Distributed DVR from NDS allows users to use hard drives from anywhere on a home network instead of being restricted to a hard drive on a single PVR.

May 13th, 2009 Cisco to supply Clearwire with WiMax devices NEW YORK — Clearwire Corp., which is building a nearly nationwide wireless data network, said Wednesday that Cisco Systems Inc. has agreed to make devices that can use that network.