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This is VERY interesting. Bush has really gone down hill.

Quoted: Bush's brain is breaking down. See video evidence for yourself. For his health and the health of our country he must be removed from office.

The goal of Jeff Hawkins company is building computing systems that can perform tasks with human-like skill.

Quoted: As many of you know, fireworks are prohibited within the City of Medina and the Town of Hunts Point. In preparation for the upcoming holiday, the Medina Police Department would like to provide you with the following facts and reminders from the Office of the State Fire Marshall:

Jeff's Book is a couple of years old. Chris just showed me Jeff's TED conference lecture (also a couple years old). I think the gist is that he believes the principle power of the human brain is to be able to do rapid pattern recognition and simulation (memory+simulation = intelligence).

Quoted: Amazon.com: On Intelligence: Books: Jeff Hawkins,Sandra Blakeslee by Jeff Hawkins,Sandra Blakeslee

Quoted: Welcome to the official Web site for the discussion and ongoing discovery of theories and concepts presented in On Intelligence, written by Jeff Hawkins and Sandra Blakeslee.

Ed's Bio on the Emotiv web site.

Quoted: Ed Fries, Director
Ed Fries got his start in the 1980s, developing video games for the Atari 800. In 1986, after a short detour for a BS in Computer Science, he joined Microsoft and spent the next ten years as one of the founding developers of Excel and Word, and then later as the creator of Microsoft Game Studios. Over the next eight years, he grew his team from fifty to over twelve-hundred people, published more than 100 games (including more than a dozen million-plus sellers), co-founded the Xbox project, and made Microsoft one of the leaders in the interactive entertainment business.
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In 2004, Ed left Microsoft, and now he enjoys spending time with his wife and young sons, as well as consulting with a broad range of publishers and game developers from all over the world.

Emotiv's EEG electrode helmet! I would love to try this.

Quoted: Project Epoc is a headset that uses a set of sensors to tune into electric signals naturally produced by the brain to detect player thoughts, feelings and expression. It connects wirelessly with all game platforms from consoles to PCs. Project Epoc now makes it possible for games to be controlled and influenced by the player's mind.

Ed Fries is on the board of this Australian company. He told me about this cool technology that measures EEG's and uses as inputs to control a computer (initially, for gaming).

Chris and I have actually tried doing our own EEG recording. The problem of both sensitivity, and noise rejection make it a difficult thing to do in a non-laboratory setting. Emotiv must have figured out something to address this.

Quoted: It enables game developers to attach dozens of specific thoughts and emotions to many different actions in their game. For example, they can enable players to move an object in a game without the use of a keyboard or joystick, make their character smile when they smile, or require that a player stays calm in order to ensure his or her character remains undiscovered in a stealth game.

Quoted: It enables game developers to attach dozens of specific thoughts and emotions to many different actions in their game. For example, they can enable players ...

Freeman Dyson mentioned the HAR1 gene last night; he thinks it may be the most important discovery in biology since the double helix. I'd not heard of it before. Will be interesting to learn more...

Quoted: Found by scanning through giant genomic databases of multiple species, some of these highly mutated areas are thought to be responsible for development of human brain size, language, and complex thought.
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Pollard K. et. al. An RNA gene expressed during cortical development evolved rapidly in humans. Advanced electronic publishing. Nature. August 16, 2006.