stories on progress « the Kurzweil Library

Searching genomic data faster

Biologists’ capacity for generating genomic data is increasing more rapidly than computing power, but a new algorithm will help them keep up

Transforming cancer treatment

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Controlling your computer with your eyes

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Law and order: Blame it on the brain

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Memories serve as tools for learning and decision-making

When humans learn, their brains relate new information with past experiences to derive new knowledge

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Metamolecules that switch handedness at light speed

Could lead to reduced energy use for data processing, homeland security uses, and ultrahigh-speed communications

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When machines do your job

Researcher Andrew McAfee says advances in computing and artificial intelligence could create a more unequal society

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HP memristors will reinvent computer memory ‘by 2014’

Controlling a robot with your mind

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Facebook, CNN, and the rise of social voting

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