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Chips that think and learn

Aug 18, 2011
Here's a term you might want to learn: "neurosynaptic core". It's going to be a good term to know when the Matrix is officially installed....

Machines will help pick out the next big pop song

Jun 22, 2011
Scientists at Emory University have found out how to predict a product's popularity - and when I say product, I mean teeny-bop music. The...

You've heard of the Cult of Apple? There's something to that

May 19, 2011
British researchers have found that the brains of Apple computer fans react to their preferred brand in the same way that deeply religious people...