http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17560-race-is-on-to-evolve-the-ultimate-mario.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news

Togelius and colleague Sergey Karakovskiy's contest challenges entrants to ( Read more... )

Remember that real-time face remapping they "did" in the movie The Running Man?

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17226-instant-sex-change-served-up-by-video-software.html

Buckle up, chummer.

So I was reading the August issue of The American on the Porcelain Throne and thinking about low-impact hydro power. While I've thought about tube-diversion turbines, stream floor mini-turbines, and piezoelectric oscillation generators for awhile, a new thought popped into my head.

Remember the Red October? She was fitted with a " ( Read more... )

Sadly, morganminstrel got to posting this before me, so he gets the scoop:

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/070424_hab_exoplanet.html

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Spacemen Back to Their Trade:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060713/ap_on_sc/private_space_station

Spacecraft successfully inflates in orbit
By ALICIA CHANG, AP Science Writer Wed Jul 12, 10:55 PM ET ( Read more... )

Man Uses Chip to Control Robot With Thoughts
By ANDREW POLLACK ( Read more... )