What is Artificial Intelligence?

Synapses link these tiny networks of brain cells.

Adaptive learning is one characteristic of the human brain that is difficult to understand. But a new generation of artificial intelligence computing is emerging to mimic such characteristic.

This new generation Neuro-computer is the subject of a three-year study by the researchers from the Institute for Theoretical Science (IGI) at Graz University of Technology in collaboration with the European Union research project "Brain-i-Nets" (Novel Brain Inspired Learning Paradigms for Large-Scale Neuronal Networks).

The human brain is made up of tiny networks of billions of nerve cells called neurons. These networks are linked by independent connections called synapses.Synapses are dynamic connections which represents a basis for independent thinking and learning.

This behavior of the synapses is what scientists from Graz want to learn about and implement on their project Neuro-computer.

They want to use this behavior to develop new learning methods for artificial intelligent systems which process information. Their long-term goal is to develop adaptive computers which will potentially revolutionize present computing trends.

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WeCU

WeCU Technologies is creating a system that would essentially turn the public spaces in airports into vast screening grounds a mind-reading scanner that can tell if a given traveler is a potential danger.

The system projects image onto airport screens or some other image such as symbols associated with a certain terrorist group to familiar images that suddenly appear in unfamiliar places. If you strolled through an airport and saw a picture of your mother, the logic is that people can't help reacting, even if only subtly.

“And a circular screen which ought to have been a calm turquoise blue on the wall behind him. But which was flickering from dark blue through violet to mauve. That was simple nervous tension and guilt and anger at the humiliation of being subjected to "veridicator" interrogation.

There was a bright conical helmet on his head, and electrodes had been clamped to various portions of his anatomy which was designed to extract information more efficiently than conventional interrogation methods. "The chair" is employed throughout the Peacekeeper military is believed one of the most effective means of gaining information from unwilling subjects.

It is designed to sort through and uncover the mind's "layers".

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Colors Blue and Red effect on cgnitive task performance

A recent study conducted at the University of British Columbia proved the color’s cognitive effect associated with blue and red to improve cognitive performance. But it does not tell that either has the greatest boost. What matters is the nature of task.

Co-author Juliet Zhu said, "Color enhance performance". Red is said to be effective in improving detail-oriented tasks, for instance, proofreading or memory recovery. Because of emergency vehicles’ red lights, stop signs and teachers’ red pen, we usually link red to errors, risk and caution. Our motivation to avoid these things makes us attentive thus, making us to do our task with careful attention.

While blue is great at enhancing our aptitude to think artistically. It is effective for creative tasks like brainstorming. With blue as the environmental background, participants are impelled to create twice as many artistic outputs because blue encourages us to think deeply.

These differences are the effect of distinct unconscious inspiration that red and blue activates thus, noting that color affects behavior and cognition through studied associations.

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TOPIO, the humanoid robot that plays table tennis, by TOSY

It is fairly obvious that computers and artificial intelligence will run our world tomorrow. The interface for the artificial intelligence to communicate outside its "box" is now wide-ranging. Artificial intelligence potentially has the choice to make more pleasing or scary to us to get the things it wants from us.

This may be a case where our animated children supersede the programming and perhaps that was the goal after all. We may be able to recognize a person even after twenty years because an image of the person, his mannerisms, voice etc may have been recorded in our brain and lay dormant for years.

This is the area where robotics and artificial intelligence play their role. We can recognize a person by sight, sound etc. This is done by images sent by the optic and olfactory nerves to the brain.

In fact this software can function as an assistant when the user wants to dictate some text. And even control their PC entirely by voice, saving time and boosting productivity with surprising accuracy in dictation, even with little or no training."

A humane touch along with a technological interface will play a major role in shaping the future.

On the whole it can be concluded that Artificial Intelligence applications will play a decisive role in providing real time solutions to various problems humans face.

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Dimmunix works like a human immune system

A team of computer scientists from Switzerland developed a new IT tool that will boost the immune system of computers for safety networking against malwares.

This cloud-based Immune System software is called "Dimmunix", created by the Dependable Systems Lab at EPFL in Switzerland. Dimmunix works by enabling programs in computers to avoid future recurrences of bugs on their own without any assistance from users or programmers.

Dimmunix uses an approach called "failure immunity". It works like a human immune system which allows the viruses or other foreign organisms to break into the body's natural defenses. In the process, the body builds immunity over this type of virus by recording the characteristics and functions of that specific virus. So the next time this type of virus attacks again, it could no longer create a disaster as it was the first time.

Similarly, at the second attack of the same type of malware, in this case, a virus, Dimmunix kills it by altering its execution so the program continues to run smoothly without any disruption of operation.

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