Cluster of video games maps brain

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Four college students have devised a way to use a cluster of Sony PLAYSTATION3 video game consoles, for large-scale modeling of the human brain. Their design won them first place – and $10,000 – in IBM’s Cell Broadband Engine (Cell/B.E.) Processor University Challenge.


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Quad-Core AMD Opteron Processor Family Expands with New Low-Power Options

May 12, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet
AMD today introduced the industry’s first energy-efficient x86 server processors with four processing cores and an integrated memory controller all in a low 55-watt ACP thermal envelope. Blade and rack systems based on five ...

Beaver-like robots face off in annual MIT contest

May 12, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet
Robots designed to toss pool-noodle trees into a river of ping-pong balls ruled over competitors focused on rescuing fuzzy toy beavers in this year's 2.007 contest, "Da (yes) MIT, or Save the Baby Beavers," ...

Designing bug perception into robots

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Insects have provided the inspiration for a team of European researchers seeking to improve the functionality of robots and robotic tools.


Apple: iPhone sold out online in US, UK (Update)

May 12, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet
(AP) -- Apple Inc. said Monday its online stores in the U.S. and U.K. are sold out of the iPhone, a sign supplies are being winnowed ahead of the launch of the device's next generation featuring faster Internet ...

New top-of-the-line BlackBerry doubles screen resolution

May 12, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet
(AP) -- Research In Motion Ltd. on Monday is introducing its first major new BlackBerry model in more than a year: the Bold, ...