Neuroscience
This idea, reported in New Scientist, would help close the digital divide, at least in the developing world.
$100 laptop sought for world's poor
12 February 2005
Celeste Biever
STRIPPED-down $100 laptops could hugely boost computer ownership in the developing world. So says Nicholas Negroponte, former head of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab, who is on a drive to convince PC makers to develop cheaper computers. He outlined his idea at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, late last month. Full story (free).
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Neuroscience
Help for the Digitial Divide?
This idea, reported in New Scientist, would help close the digital divide, at least in the developing world.
$100 laptop sought for world's poor
12 February 2005
Celeste Biever
STRIPPED-down $100 laptops could hugely boost computer ownership in the developing world. So says Nicholas Negroponte, former head of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab, who is on a drive to convince PC makers to develop cheaper computers. He outlined his idea at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, late last month. Full story (free).
- Bbc The Forum: Antony Gormley, Viktor Mayer-schoenberger, & Beau Lotto
Broadcast on The BBC World Service. Available on podcast here. Body, memory, perception. Gormley, Mayer-Schoenberger, Lotto 14 Nov 09 Thu, 12 Nov 09 Duration: 49 mins "We like nothing better than talking about ourselves so this week’s Forum with Bridget...
- Update On The Blue Brain Project
Swiss scientists aim to build a synthetic brain within a decade The brain would provide insights into how our perceptions of the world are interpreted and stored, and how consciousness arises Ian Sample, science correspondent guardian.co.uk Thursday...
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MIT to name new director of McGovern brain center The Boston Globe By Marcella Bombardieri, Globe Staff | September 20, 2004 The McGovern Institute for Brain Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will announce today that Robert...
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