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Friday, 04 March 2005 |
The Bleeding Edge of Computing
Sci-Tech
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Already, computers can "see and hear the world from our perspective through
microphones and cameras on wearable eyepieces and headsets. Soon, our computers
might be able to observe what we do all day ... and act as a virtual assistant
who helps us on a second-by-second basis.”
Just when you think computing Latest News about computing is an established
industry where at least some things will remain the same, the earth starts
moving.
Here’s a peek at tomorrow’s computing landscape:
In Triplicate
Guosong Liu, a neuroscientist at the Picower Center for Learning and Memory at
MIT, has unlocked a secret about the computing functions of the human brain.
Whereas computers process information using a binary system of zeros and ones,
the neuron, Liu discovered, communicates its electrical signals in trinary code
-- using zeros, ones and minus ones. This allows additional interactions to
occur during processing; two signals can add together or cancel each other out,
or different pieces of information can link up or try to override one another.
"Computers don't ignore information," Liu said. "This is an evolutionary
advantage that's unique to the brain." Analysts predict future hardware and
software will function on trinary systems -- making everything known today
obsolete within the next ten years.
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He sees wearable computers becoming more common in the future and points to the
popularity of MP3 Latest News about MP3 music players and "computerized" cell
phones Latest News about cell phones, such as those offered by NTT DoCoMo Latest
News about NTT DoCoMo, as examples of recent commercial successes. Starner
predicts that MP3 players will continue to grow in functionality and eventually
may be incorporated into a general-purpose device worn on the body.
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