We're not ready to upload our brains to a computer yet

...futurists like Ray Kurzweil predict that “singularity” will be reached, the moment when machine learning will surpass human intelligence. It’s not the first science-fiction tale to explore human-computer hybrids (see “What are Little Girls Made Of” in the first season of the original “Star Trek” series) or even the perils of virtual reality becoming too real (see the “Matrix” triology). But it does posit some questions that real-world researchers are just now tackling.

The European Union, for example, recently announced it was funding a $1.3 billion project to build a human brain on a silicon substrate. That’s about 1 1/2 cents per neuron...

http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/20/18377499-were-not-ready-to-upload-our-brains-to-a-computer-yet?lite

Posted on 22 May 2013, 16:48 - Category: MindScans
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Hollywood movies may be too dumb for China

Blockbusters like 'Iron Man 3' battle more subtle Chinese fare as audiences choose plot and complexity over explosions and 3-D.

...The film studios blame the Chinese government, which imposed a two-month blackout of foreign films last year when they began making too much money and offered theaters a bonus for showing domestic films, according to The Times. Local film critics, however, note that the Chinese moviegoer isn't all that taken with the explosion-laden, CGI-painted blockbusters that drive revenue-boosting add-ons like IMAX (IMAX +0.18%) and 3-D showings. "Lost In Thailand," for example, took in more than $200 million last year and drew more moviegoers than "Avatar" did during its run in China.

Critics and industry analysts note that Hollywood's one constant in China is its repeated underestimation of the college-educated Chinese moviegoer...


http://money.msn.com/now/post.aspx?post=d8d6ca44-bbb5-4c6f-b436-c4bfdca30df3

Posted on 24 Apr 2013, 13:21 - Category: Movies
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Roger Ebert's Top 20 Best- and Worst-Reviewed Films

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/gallery/roger-eberts-top-20-best-433116

Posted on 5 Apr 2013, 11:12 - Category: Movies
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Computers can 'see' people's dreams

A computer can predict what you're dreaming about based on brain wave activity, new research suggests.

By measuring people's brain activity during waking moments, researchers were able to pick out the signatures of specific dream imagery — such as keys or a bed — while the dreamer was asleep...

http://bodyodd.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/04/17603830-computers-can-see-peoples-dreams?lite

Posted on 4 Apr 2013, 19:11 - Category: MindScans
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White House pitches brain mapping project

President Obama pitched a human brain research initiative on Tuesday that he likened to the Human Genome Project to map all the human DNA...

http://vitals.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/02/17565983-white-house-pitches-brain-mapping-project?chromedomain=usnews?lite

Posted on 2 Apr 2013, 19:31 - Category: MindScans
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One rat brain 'talks' to another using electronic link

Scientists have connected the brains of lab rats, allowing one to communicate directly to another via cables.

The wired brain implants allowed sensory and motor signals to be sent from one rat to another, creating the first ever brain-to-brain interface...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21604005

Posted on 1 Mar 2013, 21:36 - Category: MindScans
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How neuroscientists are hacking into brain waves to open new frontiers

Neuroscientists are following through on the promise of artificially enhanced bodies by creating the ability to "feel" flashes of light in invisible wavelengths, or building an entire virtual body that can be controlled via brain waves.

http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/17/16995422-how-neuroscientists-are-hacking-into-brain-waves-to-open-new-frontiers?lite

Posted on 17 Feb 2013, 22:24 - Category: MindScans
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Microsoft's virtual ecosystem aims to simulate the entire world

Microsoft Research is embarking on a highly ambitious project: A computational model of an entire ecosystem, from the soil itself to the creatures that live on it...

http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/futureoftech/microsofts-virtual-ecosystem-aims-simulate-entire-world-1B8057230

Posted on 25 Jan 2013, 10:30 - Category: MindScans
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Paramount Settles Massive Fraud Lawsuit With Finance Partner

Financiers who put up $375 million for such films as "Mission: Impossible III" and "Transformers" via the Melrose II slate alleged they hadn't seen a dollar of profits...

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/paramount-settles-massive-fraud-lawsuit-411787

Posted on 15 Jan 2013, 11:38 - Category: Movies
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Best and Worst Movie Posters 2012

A great movie poster should sell the movie and make you inscribe the film's opening date in your mind. Admittedly, some of these posters, even the good ones, fail at that. Some are stunning but don't even display the film's title, and may not have brought in one extra ticket sale. That's the studio marketing department's problem, not ours. We're voting just on style here, not substance...

http://entertainment.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/31/16218742-best-and-worst-movie-posters-of-2012

Posted on 1 Jan 2013, 1:47 - Category: Movies
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