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Nanothinc: <
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NEC Research and Development Letter: A summary of Dr. Sumio Iijima’s research on nanotubes: <
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An Overview of the Performance Envelope of Digital Micromirror Device (DMD) Based Projection Display System by Dr. Jeffrey Sampsell of Texas Instruments. A link to a paper describing the creation of micromirrors in a tiny, high-resolution projector:
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Small Is Beautiful: A Collection of Nanotechnology Links: <
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The Smart Matter Research Group, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center: <
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http://www.parc.xerox.com/spl/projects/smart-matter/
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Richard Smalley’s home page: <
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Neural Implants/Neural Prostheticshttp://cnst.rice.edu/reshome.html
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“Neural Prosthetics Come of Age as Research Continues,” by Robert Finn, in the Scientist. A link to an article on the use of neural prosthetics in helping patients with neurological disorders: <
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Physics of Computation-Carver Mead’s Group: <
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Neural Netshttp://www.pcmp.caltech.edu/
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Hugo de Garis’s web site on Brain Builder Group: <
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http://www.hip.atr.co.jp/~degaris
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IEEE Neural Network Council Home Page: <
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Neural Network Frequently Asked Questions: <
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PROFIT Initiative at MIT’s Sloan School of Management: <
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Quantum Computinghttp://scanner-group.mit.edu/
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The Information Mechanics Group/Lab for Computer Science at MIT: <
http://www-im.lcs.mit.edu/
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Quantum computation/cryptography at Los Alamos National Laboratory: <
http://qso.lanl.gov/qc/
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Physics and Media Group at the MIT Media Lab: <
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Quantum Computation at IBM: <
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Supercomputershttp://www.research.ibm.com/quantuminfo/
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Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative:
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory/University of California for the U.S. Department of Energy: <
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NEC Begins Designing World’s Fastest Computer: <
http://www.nb-pacifica.com/headline/necbeginsdesigningwo_1208.shtml
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FUTURE VISIONShttp://www.nb-pacifica.com/headline/necbeginsdesigningwo_1208.shtml
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The Unabomber Manifesto by Ted Kaczynski:
INDEX
Aaron
Abrahams, Marc
Adleman, Leonard
Age of Intelligent Machines, The
(Kurzweil)
(Kurzweil)
Aiken, Howard
Alexander’s solution
algorithms
evolutionary,
see
evolutionary algorithms
see
evolutionary algorithms
Allen, Woody
Alu
Analogy
Analytical Engine
angel capital
animals
communication in
tools used by
antimatter
Aristotle
artificial intelligence (AI)
consciousness and ;
see also
consciousness
see also
consciousness
evolutionary algorithms in,
see
evolutionary algorithms
see
evolutionary algorithms
handicapped and,
see
disabilities
see
disabilities
human intelligence vs.
knowledge acquisition in
LISP in
neural nets, see neural nets
philosophical issues and,
see
philosophical issues
see
philosophical issues
recursion in,
see
recursion
see
recursion
rights of
see also
computation; computers
see also
computation; computers
artificial life
arts
communication in
literary,
see
literary arts
see
literary arts
musical,
see
music
see
music
quantum computers and
recursive programs in
transcendence of materials in
in 2009
in 2019
in 2029
visual
Asimov, Isaac
assistants, personal
asteroids
Atkins, Peter
atoms, formation of
Babbage, Charles
quoted
Bach, Johann Sebastian
Barrow, John D.
baseball
Bateson, Gregory
Bell, Alexander Graham
Benebid, A. L.
Benson, Herbert
Berger, Ted
Berlin, Andrew
Berliner, Hans
big bang
big crunch
Binsted, Kim
bioengineering
Biowarfare Agency (BWA)
bits
blind persons
reading machines for
Blob, The
Bluetooth
Bobrow, Daniel G.
body(ies)
nanotechnology-enhanced
protein-based
of reinstantiated mind
sex and,
see
sex
see
sex
virtual;
see also
virtual reality
see also
virtual reality
body LANs
Bohr, Niels
books
prurient
Bourne, Randolph
brain, human
achieving hardware capacity of
complexity of computers vs.
consciousness and; see also consciousness
conservative design of
cortex of
density of computation in
evolution of body and
feelings produced by stimulating of
God module in
memory capacity of
Minsky and Papert’s description of
number of neurons in
quantum computing in
reverse engineering of ; see also brain scans
specialized regions in
strengths and weaknesses of
see also
mind; neurons
mind; neurons
Brain Generated Music (BGM)
BrainMaker
brain scans
destroy-all-copies movement and
destructive
freezing of brain for
identity and
information on neurons gleaned from
noninvasive
optical imaging
subjective time and
transfer of information following
Bringsjord, Selmer
BRUTUS.1
buckyballs
business, economics, and finance
AI in
Luddite philosophy and
stock market and investing
transactions in
in 2009
in 2019
in 2029
Busy Beaver
Campbell, Murray
Carr, Dustin
Carroll, Lewis
cars and driving
cassettes
cells
census
Center for Human Simulation
Chalmers. J.
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