AI to play on jeopardy

This is a big advance in AI linguistics!

http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/ibms-watson-to-rival-humans-in-round-of-jeopardy/

The Methuselah Foundation

People who are trying to extend the human lifespan.

http://www.methuselahfoundation.org/

Computer/human interaction

http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/22393/page3/

Zephram Stark xkcd

Heh

Cardboard box oven that can boil water

Very cool, very simple invention.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/04/09/solar.oven.global.warming/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

Electron microscope Rappit eye pics

http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/multimedia/2009/04/gallery_rabbit_eye

AI discovers laws of physics on its own

http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/04/newtonai.html

Robot makes scientific discovery on its own

A robot programmed to create and test hypotheses.

http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/04/robotscientist.html

DNA Tech speed increases

Yet another example of how technology speeds up technology.

http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/07/british-institu.html

Robotic stockroom workers

Title says it all.

http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/magazine/17-04/st_robotwarehouse

Baby Chickens Do Arithmetic

Better than human babies, apparently.

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/04/01/chicks-math-smart.html

Porn being shown publically in colleges

I'm not sure if I buy this one.

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/65310.html

Apparantly employees who web surf in moderation are actually more productive than those who don't at all. (I suspect an Attention Deficit Superiority link here.)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090402/lf_nm_life/us_work_internet