Comment Re:Really bad idea. (Score 1) 1173
This one is even: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Roundabout_(Hemel_Hempstead)
A Robot To Destroy Breast Cancer Cells 81
Roland Piquepaille writes "Researchers at the University of Maryland are developing a robot able to detect and destroy breast cancer cells in a single session. After a tumor is located on an MRI, the robot will perform a biopsy of the breast while the patient is inside the scanner. 'If the biopsy displays cancerous cells, the robot will then insert a probe into the breast until it reaches the tumor. The probe will then burn the cancer cells until they are destroyed.' This looks great, but the researchers have only built a prototype. After they refine this robot, they'll need to go through clinical trials and obtain FDA approval. So this is not a robot that will appear on the medical market before several years."
New Contestants On the Turing Test 630
vitamine73 writes "At 9 a.m. next Sunday, six computer programs — 'artificial conversational entities' — will answer questions posed by human volunteers at the University of Reading in a bid to become the first recognized 'thinking' machine. If any program succeeds, it is likely to be hailed as the most significant breakthrough in artificial intelligence since the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue beat world chess champion Garry Kasparov in 1997. It could also raise profound questions about whether a computer has the potential to be 'conscious' — and if humans should have the 'right' to switch it off."
Comment Re:Great Link! (Score 1) 418
I have exactly the same problem. I have never had any problem differentiating between red and green, but yellow and light greens can be troublesome.
I had this really annoying computer game as a child that had yellow objects flying around on a green background. Since I could barely see them I had to work out the exact timing to progress past that part of the game.
