Latest Cybernetics Stories

JERUSALEM INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTER, Israel, September 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Israel Brain Technologies (IBT), a new initiative inspired by the vision of Israeli President Shimon Peres, is announcing the launch of its $1m global B.R.A.I.N. Prize (Breakthrough Research And Innovation in Neurotechnology). The launch will be followed by a "fireside chat" by President Peres. The million-dollar prize will go to an individual or team throughout the world who can...

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Robots are receiving a new pair of legs that are the most accurate to the human walking gait so far. Researchers have developed a set of robotic legs that they believe are the first to fully model walking in a biologically accurate manner. Reporting in the Journal of Neural Engineering, the team said they built the neural architecture, musculoskeletal architecture and sensory feedback that humans have into the robot legs. They...

DRAPER, Utah, July 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Flexpoint Sensor Systems, Inc. (FLXT) today provided an update on last week's meetings. CEO Clark Mower provided the following updates: HTK Safety Application - Refuse Collection Vehicles - Our partner on this application, HTK, has been working to implement this system with the largest refuse remediation company in the world, and is now in talks with the second largest. Adding to the momentum, it is our understanding that insurance...

The American Society for Cybernetics (ASC), an organization promoting interdisciplinary discourse, and the Bateson Idea Group (BiG), a group of individuals interested in developing the ideas started by the anthropologist Gregory Bateson, will host a joint conference. The conference theme “An Ecology of Ideas” refers to the hosting organizations’ shared interest in bringing together thinkers from a broad range of fields in the “hard” sciences and social sciences, art, design,...

SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Artificial intelligence (AI) is taking over the Internet, one small business site at a time. Introduced today by the Sunnyvale company, Acobot (http://acobot.com) employs advanced AI chat technology to engage website visitors in help chats -- and businesses of all sizes can quickly and easily install Acobot on their sites for free. If "artificial intelligence" brings to mind Hollywood-style sentient robots bent on destroying humans,...

Scientists have discovered proof that the evolution of intelligence and larger brain sizes can be driven by cooperation Scientists have discovered proof that the evolution of intelligence and larger brain sizes can be driven by cooperation and teamwork, shedding new light on the origins of what it means to be human. The study appears online in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B and was led by scientists at Trinity College Dublin: PhD student, Luke McNally and Assistant...

Ever wonder why your friends have more friends than you or diamond is harder than graphite? A new article by a Northwestern University complex networks expert discusses how networks governing processes in nature and society are becoming increasingly amenable to modeling, forecast and control. The article establishes relationships between seemingly disparate topics such as the friendship paradox -- by which our friends have on average more friends than we do -- and why carbon can result...

A tiny prototype robot that functions like a living creature is being developed which one day could be safely used to pinpoint diseases within the human body. Called 'Cyberplasm', it will combine advanced microelectronics with latest research in biomimicry (technology inspired by nature). The aim is for Cyberplasm to have an electronic nervous system, 'eye' and 'nose' sensors derived from mammalian cells, as well as artificial muscles that use glucose as an energy source to propel it....

FAIRFAX, Va., March 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CR Software, the world's leading collections and receivables management software supplier announced today Shelton Vance, former Audit Director for the Mississippi Department of Revenue, as keynote speaker for the 2012 Users Conference, Innovation Exploration -- a theme centered around the pursuit of technological sophistication in collections and recovery management. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110913/PH66663LOGO ) Vance...

NEW YORK, March 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- New York-based think tank scenarioDNA has been working for more than a decade to help global brands and media companies better understand what audiences and consumers will be looking for in the future. Their work has relied heavily on training, intensive research and analysis. Over time the social web has transformed this process and, as a result, the company has developed an intuitive suite of applications that effectively break down the...