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Mind Reading Devices Going MainstreamSome interesting new mind-reading headsets are finding their way to market. The devices relay the electrical signals within the wearer's brain to a computer, which then can use the information to control such things as characters in video games, medical ... Read more |
 Evolving Artwork Generated by Distributed SystemThe Electric sheep open-source screensaver utilizes a network of 60,000 computers to render frames of an ever changing collection of fractal-based animations. A genetic algorithm is employed to ensure that no two animations are the same and that desirable visuals ... Read more |
TORCS: AI Racing GameDescription TORCS (The Open Racing Car Simulator) is a highly portable multi platform car racing simulation. It is used as ordinary car racing game, as AI racing game and as research platform. It runs on Linux (x86, AMD64 and PPC), FreeBSD, Ma... Read more |
Annual Turing Test ChallengesThere are presently two major chatterbot contests which utilize the Turing Test as the determinant - the bot which most closely comes to passing (or does pass) the Turing Test is deemed the winner. These two contests, the Loebner Prize ... Read more |
 Distributed AI Coming to a Computer Near YouCanadian high-tech startup Intelligence Realm is constructing a distributed virtual brain, one computer at a time. Utilizing a computational model we’ve seen in such projects as SETI@Home, the system will harness the computing power of thousands of machines throughout ... Read more |
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In an unusual experiment, scientists have greated a robot with an organic mind. They collected brain cells from rats, connected them to electrodes which in turn are connected to a robot via Bluetooth. The brain receives input from sensors and outputs signals which controls the robot's wheels. From the article:
And in a bit of morbid humor, when discussing how different brains control the robot, one scientist proclaims
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