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A Computer Chip Based on "Maybe"

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"Traditional computer processing is based on 1 and 0, yes and no, but Lyric Semiconductor wants us to consider the power of  'maybe'. The Cambrdige, Massachusetts startup recently came out of stealth to announce the development of their new computer chip that calculates using probabilities. "

http://singularityhub.com/2010/09/04/a-computer-chip-based-on-probability-not-binary-video/

Why is this a radical change from how computers are built? What do you think computing will become as a result? Wil this allow computer to think/process information more like humans? Will this hasten the coming of the singularity? What is singularity anyway?

 

Eureka: How Genius Strikes

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We will be covering a chapter on intelligence and genius - this is an interesting series by Gizmodo...

"Eureka is our week-long meditation on the wonders of invention, inventors and genius. Here are the topics we've marveled over so far."

http://gizmodo.com/5622247/eureka-how-genius-strikes?skyline=true&s=i