Scientists are modeling artificial intelligence after baby brains. Why would they want to make computers similar to beings whose favorite pastimes are drooling and pooping? It makes perfect sense when you think about how malleable a baby's gray matter is.
Boffins Set to Shake Down Google's Earthquake Warning System
You don't see earthquakes coming as you would with, say, a hurricane. But that may soon change with recent advancements to a "groundbreaking" early warning system developed, in part, by Google's philanthropic arm.
Samsung-Funded Study Finds Samsung's 3DTVs Hurt Your Eyes (Updated)
Whoops! Looks like we shouldn't have funded that university study on the effects of looking at 3DTVs, probably says some guy at Samsung right now. Probably, because the study found that 3DTVs cause eye strain and fatigue, Ars reports.
Hackers Break Into UC Berkeley's Database, Steal Nearly 100,000 Social…
An unknown number of hackers broke into UC Berkeley's database and were able to access the personal and health information of over 160,000 students and former students. They're still at large.
Scientists Say Their Mirror-Based Invisibility Cloaks Actually Work
Researchers from Cornell and UC Berkeley say they've both developed invisibility cloaks using bump-shaped mirrors that can hide objects across optical wavelengths. Oddly enough, their designs are nearly identical.
Mobile Millennium Project is a Poor Man's Traffic-Relaying GPS
On Monday Nokia, NAVTEQ and UC Berkeley will launch the Mobile Millennium project which will use GPS data from thousands of cell phones
Rube Goldberg Voting Machine Is Irreverent, Thankfully Irrelevant
Well, the election is over! Luckily, it was pretty clear from about two hours in who would be the winner this time around , so even if there were a couple of iffy voting
Winos Delight in Red Wine Headache Detector
Chemists at UC Berkeley developed a device that detects the amount of biogenic amines in red wine, which are thought to be the culprit for the mind-numbing red wine headache. Though the detector is still in its prototype stages—and is currently the size of a briefcase—it only takes one drop of wine to determine the…
