Friday, November 21, 2008

BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | IBM to build brain-like computers

BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | IBM to build brain-like computers: "IBM has announced it will lead a US government-funded collaboration to make electronic circuits that mimic brains.

Part of a field called 'cognitive computing', the research will bring together neurobiologists, computer and materials scientists and psychologists."

BBC NEWS | Technology | Google unveils customised search

BBC NEWS | Technology | Google unveils customised search: "Google has unveiled a tool that will allow users to customise and refine their search queries.

The company's SearchWiki lets users re-order, remove or add specific web search results.

This means the next time they perform the same search, the personalised version will pop up."