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This article from New Scientist about how scientists recorded the reponses of 49 neurons in a cat's brain (the lateral geniculate nucleus, or LGN to be precise) in order to create a better bionic vision system reminds me or the sentient lobsters in Accelerando by Charles Stross.
This week, I published shows on IT Conversations from two new series: the Singularity Summit and RailsConf. Here are the show descriptions.
Rodney
Brooks - The Singularity: A Period Not An Event - In the keynote
presentation from the 2007 Singularity Summit, Rodney Brooks,
Panasonic Professor of Robotics at MIT, explores many possible
singularity futures based on decades of experience researching,
inventing, and commercializing robots. During this presentation
Dr. Brooks examines why we need robotics and AI as well as how the
singularity will not be like it is portrayed by Hollywood.
David
Heinemeier Hansson - Rails 2007 Keynote - The next evolution of
Rails isn't going to be a unicorn, according to David Heinemeier
Hansson. In this keynote address at the 2007 RailsConf, Hansson talks
about what the Rails community has and where it's going, and the
gradual improvements Rails will see in the coming years.
There are many other new conferences, including Supernova and Defrag that will be coming along in the next few weeks and months. Watch for them--they're sure to give you something to listen to on those long winter nights.
Tags: itconversations rails singularity