Algorithming Alzheimer’s

from Express Memory loss breakthrough: New implant can reverse Alzheimer’s damage By ANIL DAWAR GETTY Scientists have developed an electronic implant to help brains damaged by Alzheimer’s retain memories. They hope it will be used to take over certain areas of...

Coding The Mind From Scratch

from The Washington Post Thought process: Building an artificial brain Paul Allen’s $500 million quest to dissect the mind and code a new one from scratch Paul Allen has been waiting for the emergence of intelligent machines for a very long time. As a young boy, Allen...

Three-fer for Frey

from The Hollywood Reporter Author James Frey Sells Three TV Projects (Exclusive) As CEO of Full Fathom Five, Frey reupped his UCP deal and sold projects to E!, Syfy and NBC.  by Lacey Rose AP Images James Frey is nothing if not prolific. His Full Fathom Five, the...

Post-apocalyptic ‘beaver’ cool.

from REUTERS via Yahoo! News Post-apocalyptic ‘beaver’ thrived after dinosaurs died By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The world had been wrecked. An asteroid impact in Mexico compounded by colossal volcanism in India 66 million years ago had...