Nov
15
In a previous post my daughter blew me away with her use of eLocker to access her school files from home. Last night my son used MyAccess to write an essay online. Big whoop - right? Get this - it analyzed and graded it in an instant. Took about 3 seconds […]
Feb
28
If there’s one thing I love its robotics. I subscribe to Robot Magazine, and read articles, and love movies like iRobot. When I was a kid I wanted R2D2, he was cool, after all he interfaced with the Death Star, not many people can do that. There was one problem though, I had stairs […]
Feb
16
Pandora’s Box
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A legend dealing with the source of all woes on earth, it has now become a possible new music revolution. I recently discovered pandora.com which has been around for a while actually. It is what feels the combination of music and intelligence. At its basic level, its a somewhat custom music stream. […]
Sep
27
Are we what we are ?
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Grand states that “There is no such thing as a thing”. Our mind sees objects and they seem solid, tangible, like this keyboard and desk. “No matter how certain I am at an intellectual level that my computer is a cloud of tiny atoms, separated by relatively vast regions of empty space, my brain tells […]
Sep
26
Artificial Life
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If you know me you know that I’m interested in AI (Artificial Intelligence). Well, I stumbled across this book called : “Creation : Life and how to make it“, by Steve Grand. He is the software engineer / creator of “Creatures” an artificial life simulator. In the ‘game’ you create creatures, nurture them and through […]