...the microchip has changed and revolutionized computing. Several properties of silicon have made these developments in microelectronics possible. Silicon based microelectronic devices have revolutionized our world in the past three decades. Integrated circuits, built up from many silicon devices (such as transistors and diodes) on a single chip, control everything from cars to telephones, not to mention the Internet. Silicon technology is still the most reliable and cost-efficient way to fabricate large microelectronic circuits. Semiconductors have played an amazing role and have impacted technology in many ways. Every technology product we use in the modern world is created with silicon and depends on semiconductors. The earliest semiconductor device was a diode which let electricity flow in only one direction. Integrated circuits are called micro chips which are complex circuits that are made of many miniature chips of semiconductor and made of silicon. These chips are packaged in a plastic casing and the fine wires inside the chip link to the pins outside. Microchip is the integration of a whole CPU onto a single chip or on a few chips and greatly reduced the cost of processing power. The integrated circuit processor is produced in large numbers by highly automated processes. A microchip or microprocessor incorporates the functions of a computer's central processing unit (CPU) on a single integrated circuit, or at most a few...
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...the microchip has changed and revolutionized computing. Several properties of silicon have made these developments in microelectronics possible. Silicon based microelectronic devices have revolutionized our world in the past three decades. Integrated circuits, built up from many silicon devices (such as transistors and diodes) on a single chip, control everything from cars to telephones, not to mention the Internet. Silicon technology is still the most reliable and cost-efficient way to fabricate large microelectronic circuits. Semiconductors have played an amazing role and have impacted technology in many ways. Every technology product we use in the modern world is created with silicon and depends on semiconductors. The earliest semiconductor device was a diode which let electricity flow in only one direction. Integrated circuits are called micro chips which are complex circuits that are made of many miniature chips of semiconductor and made of silicon. These chips are packaged in a plastic casing and the fine wires inside the chip link to the pins outside. Microchip is the integration of a whole CPU onto a single chip or on a few chips and greatly reduced the cost of processing power. The integrated circuit processor is produced in large numbers by highly automated processes. A microchip or microprocessor incorporates the functions of a computer's central processing unit (CPU) on a single integrated circuit, or at most a few...
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...Researchers Building a Computer Chip Based on the Human Brain - U... http://news.boisestate.edu/update/2013/08/14/research-team-building-a-... Skip to Main Content (#main-content) UPDATE Update (http://news.boisestate.edu/update/) Your source for campus news Researchers Building a Computer Chip Based on the Human Brain (http://news.boisestate.edu/update/files/2013/08/Memritor620x320.jpg) Today’s computing chips are incredibly complex and contain billions of nano-scale transistors, allowing for fast, high-performance computers, pocket-sized smartphones that far outpace early desktop computers, and an explosion in handheld tablets. Despite their ability to perform thousands of tasks in the blink of an eye, none of these devices even come close to rivaling the computing capabilities of the human brain. At least not yet. But a Boise State University research team could soon change that. Electrical and computer engineering faculty Elisa Barney Smith, Kris Campbell and Vishal Saxena are joining forces on a project titled “CIF: Small: Realizing Chip-scale Bio-inspired Spiking Neural Networks with Monolithically Integrated Nano-scale Memristors.” (http://news.boisestate.edu/update/files 1 of 3 3/15/2014 12:37 PM Researchers Building a Computer Chip Based on the Human Brain - U... http://news.boisestate.edu/update/2013/08/14/research-team-building-a-... /2013/08/PCB_image.png) Team members are experts in machine learning (artificial intelligence), integrated circuit design and...
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...The Five Generations Of Computers The 21st century is the age of computer technology and it has brought about a major change in every aspect of our life. “It has largely changed the way we communicate and the way information exchange is used in today's world. The computer is a growing creation that is a result of advances of many other generations of computers, for example, the common personal computer, personal tablets, and even our smartphones, all came from the concepts of the previous 4 generations of computers” according to (Duncan, Becky) in her article over the importance of computers. This time and age we are now using the fifth generation of computers. Computers are so beneficial to the world today because, Computers are now a part of everyone's existence, including work, school, learning and play. Many modern activities, such as social media, information sharing and business applications require computers, and people cannot complete these actions without one. “The computer is an electronic device used in almost every field even where it is most unexpected. It is made up of two things one is the hardware and other is software. All physical components of computer like keyboard, mouse, monitor etc. comes under the hardware while all the programs and languages used by the computer are called software.” (Trigg, Paula). These days’ computers are the tools for not only engineers and scientists but also they are being used by millions of people around the world. First Generation...
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...Will Humans Fall In Love With Robots? In the book Alone Together, written by Sherry Turkle, there are many points brought up about how Artificial Intelligence has improved and how it has been used in the form of Robotics. What Turkle is really talking about in this book is the possibility of relationships with these advanced robots. Many people think that it is impossible to ever love robots. This statement in my opinion is totally false. I feel like it is totally possible for a human to love a robot. I believe it is highly possible in the near future when artificial intelligence is able to almost replicate the human brain. I don’t think the people that say that is impossible take in the fact that there is a possibility that in the future robots will help or even replace humans when it comes to childcare. That is when human will start to become used to robots and even start building relationships. In Alone Together, Turkle expresses her concerns when she says, “In the case of children, I am concerned about their getting comfortable with the idea that a robot’s companionship is even close to a replacement for a person.”(pg. 65) Once robots are introduced to a younger generation and that generation has become used to the idea of robots there will definitely be relationships between humans and robots. Many people have had relationship problems to where they feel uncomfortable being with another human being. Some have had spouses that have passed away early. Some people...
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...2000). This fundamentally means that a person’s mind is uploaded into a computational substrate, so the brain will not experience disease or decay. Nonetheless, other things need to be discussed before going deeper into that topic. It seems likely to transhumanists that there will be superintelligent machines that grace this planet. However, they do not just want to live near them as servants, they want to “keep up” with them (p. 2000). Consequentially, the transhumanists would always be augmenting their human intelligence so they can always “match the best artificial intelligence” (p. 2000). One way of keeping up with machine superintelligence is to simply “employ sophisticated AI technology as a tool” (p. 2000). As Shanahan states, this is essentially what humans had been doing thus far. However, transhumanists believe that using AI technology as a tool is not enough in order to keep up with it, they would rather merge with it. In other words, Sophisticated AI technology would be interfaced directly to their brains, and the AI technology and the mind would work as one “bio-machine hybrid species” of astonishingly never seen before intellectual...
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...application in life. I believed I learned from the best. Thank you to my friends and especially to the sisters in my dormitory who are always there for me in my ups and downs in life. You guys made my life extra special. Lastly, I give thanks to the Almighty God for being there for me. This project will never exist if you weren’t here for me. Gracias! Table of Contents I. Introduction 4 II. Computers, Robots, and Artificial Intelligence 5 a. Computer 6 b. Artificial Intelligence and Robots 7 III. Information Age and Information Society 8 a. Knowledge 9 b. Global mind 10 c. Global brain 11 IV. The Machine and the Machine of Mind 12 a. The Machines of Mind 13 b. The Most Human Mind of Machines 14 V. Conclusion 16 I. Introduction Artificial intelligence (AI) is an area of computer science that emphasizes the creation of intelligent machines that work and react like humans. Some of the activities computers with artificial intelligence are designed for include: speech recognition, learning, planning and problem solving. Artificial intelligence is a...
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...Name: Course: Tutor: Date: Genius Bosco Robotics Introduction and Public Relation Statements The first time I heard of the various forms of science fiction was in the New York Times. The things I read seemed impossible and much of imaginations. They made little sense to me by then since I was only young. However, with time, I started to appreciate the existence of science fiction and other materials that have cropped up with technology and changes in the economic times. Through much reading and access to large bulk of information, I created a superhero, Bosco Genius, a guy who awakens in the morning with a 100 percent access to his brain power. The state realizes and becomes aware of the existence of Bosco. They look for him but with his expertise skills and ability, he dodges the men in black and also fends off the middle school tormentors. The whole process torn the writer or the creator into a rhetoric existence because of the complexity nature of the study. It is reported once that the robotics destroyed and killed human beings within the company. The information was unsubstantiated and untrue since it was maliciously spread to negate the importance of the robots. As a rhetoric, such an instance has never happened and no person has lost life in the company. The three laws of robotics cannot allow them to harm humans and therefore, the information revealed to the public is false and faulty. As a company we have dealt in robotics and they have served to increase...
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...Rhetoric 102 19 March 2010 The Brain Implant Dilemma In 2002, author M.T. Anderson wrote a novel called “Feed”, with a story envisioning a future where all human beings have implanted computer chips in their brains (Anderson 2002). It would be easy to dismiss such a bold concept as a product of fiction. However, many films and books with plots set in the future have successfully predicted the invention of many current technologies that simply did not exist at the time, including flat-screen TVs (Back to the Future II), unmanned aircraft (The Terminator), and video chatting (2001: A Space Odyssey). Suffice it to say, brain implants, as these embedded computer chips are called, are projected to become a reality. The past few years have already seen the integration of computer chip and organism, with millions of cats and dogs across the world injected with identifying microchip implants underneath their skin. Brain implants have also benefitted the medical field enormously, having in some cases cured blindness (Graham-Rowe 2007) and Parkinson’s disease (Harding 2009). However, developments indicate that brain implants for personal consumer use may see the light of day. IBM, the world’s largest chipmaker, recently announced their intent to research and develop brain implants capable of controlling gadgets via brain waves by 2020 (Hsu 2009). Toyota has already successfully demoed a wheelchair that can be controlled by its rider through brain waves (Hsu). In perhaps the most jaw-dropping...
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...In recent years the mushrooming power, functionality and ubiquity of computers and the Internet have outstripped early forecasts about technology’s rate of advancement and usefulness in everyday life. Alert pundits now foresee a world saturated with powerful computer chips, which will increasingly insinuate themselves into our gadgets, dwellings, apparel and even our bodies. Robots on SCM Obviously, it hasn’t turned out that way. It is true that industrial robots have transformed the manufacture of automobiles, among other products. But that kind of automation is a far cry from the versatile, mobile, autonomous creations that so many scientists and engineers have hoped for. In pursuit of such robots, waves of researchers have grown disheartened and scores of start-up companies have gone out of business. It is not the mechanical “body” that is unattainable; articulated arms and other moving mechanisms adequate for manual work already exist, as the industrial robots attest. Rather it is the computer-based artificial brain that is still well below the level of sophistication needed to build a humanlike robot. Nevertheless, I am convinced that the decades-old dream of a useful, general-purpose autonomous robot will be realized in the not too distant future. By 2010 we will see mobile robots as big as people but with cognitive abilities similar in many respects to those of a lizard. The machines will be capable of carrying out simple chores, such as vacuuming, dusting, delivering...
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...Shraidah *King Abdul Aziz University- KSA-JEDDA-21931 ALKamell College – Computer Department **AL-Zahra College for Women (University College) - IT Department | | ***King Abdul Aziz University- KSA-JEDDA-21931 ALKamell College – Computer Department | | Abstract The paper suggests an improved neuro-simulators block diagram, which not only extends the functionality of the software package, but also allows rapid learning in the development of the package due to the qualitative visualization of different phases of network development. Key words: Information Technology , Artificial Neural Networks (NN), Network Operation Visualization Tools , Artificial Neuron . 1. Introduction In the last few decades interest has risen in a new application area of applied mathematics, information technology specializing in artificial Neural Networks (NN). The relevance of the research in this line is confirmed by the various spheres of the NN application, which are being widely used now to solve applied tasks. NNR was actively used in applications where conventional algorithmic approach to solving problems turned out to be ineffective. Some of those applications: automation of pattern recognition process, adaptive control, functional approximation forecasting, creation of expert system, organization of associative memory and many other applications [1, 2]. With the NN you can, for example, predict exchange market rates, perform text recognition...
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...drink mixes; low-calorie frozen desserts; chewing gum; Kool-Aid; Jello; and so on What it is: Artificial sweetener Why you should never eat it: Aspartame is a neurotoxin and carcinogen. It is known to erode intelligence, affect short-term memory, cause brain tumours, lymphoma, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, emotional disorders (e.g. depression and anxiety attacks), dizziness, headaches, nausea, mental confusion, migraines and seizures. 2. Trans Fat Where it’s commonly found: Margarine; chips and crackers; baked goods; fast foods; fried foods What it is: Trans fat is labelled in the Nutrition Facts on the package. It is essentially a preservative used to extend the shelf life of a product....
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...DEFINITION DIGITAL COMPUTER: A digital computer is machine that stores data in a numerical format and performs operations on that data using mathematical manipulation. This type of computer typically includes some sort of device to store information, some method for input and output of data, and components that allow mathematical operations to be performed on stored data. Digital computers are almost always electronic but do not necessarily need to be so. There are two main methods of modeling the world with a computing machine. Analog computers use some physical phenomenon, such as electrical voltage, to model a different phenome,mnon, and perform operations by directly modifying the stored data. A digital computer, however, stogres all data as numbers and performs operations on that data arithmetically. Most computers use binary numbers to store data, as the ones and zeros that make up these numbers are easily represented with simple on-off electrical states. Computers based on analog principles have advantages in some specialized areas, such as their ability to continuously model an equation. A digital computer, however, has the advantage of being easily programmable. This means that they can process many different sets of instructions without being physically reconfigured. THE HISTORY OF DIGITAL COMPUTER: First Generation (1940-1956): The first computers used vacuum tubes for circuitry and magnetic drums for memory, and were often enormous, taking up entire rooms....
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...Title :Wind speed prediction using Artificial Neural Network (ANN) Abstract : The crisis of fossil based fuel around the world has led to the research of Renewable Energy sources. One of the oldest sources of Renewable energy was using the wind to generate electrical or mechanical power using windmills. To use it efficiently the wind speed which determines the wind power must be known beforehand. Wind speed is a random variable depending on meteorological variables like atmospheric pressure,temperature,relative humidity & such. Methods that are currently being applied to predict wind speed are Statistical, Intelligent systems, Time series, Fuzzy logic, neural networks.Our focus will be on using Artificial Neural Network to predict the wind speed in daily basis in this report. Chapter 1 1.1 Introduction Bangladesh has a 724 lm long coastal area where south-westerly tradewind& sea breeze makes the usage of wind as a renewable energy source very visible. But, not much systematic wind study has been made, adequate information on the wind speed over the country and particularly on wind speeds at hub heights of wind machines is not available. A previous study (1986) showed that for the wind monitoring stations of Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) the wind speed is found to be low near the ground level at heights of around 10 meter. Chittagong – Cox’s Bazar seacoast and coastal off-shore islands appeared to have better wind speeds. Measurements...
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...The 2012 Computer Trends 1. Touchscreen PCs with Window 8: Microsoft’s new OS Window 8 is expected to launch in October 2012, but there are still speculation revolving around about its release. It’s likely that in few months you will be seeing Window 7 products in the market with a tag saying ‘Windows 8 ready’. Only by the end of this year or may be in starting of 2013 we will get a chance to see an actual Window 8 running device. There are rumors that HP Slate 8 might be the first tablet to have the Window 8 OS, but there are not details about its release date or price details. 2. When Intel high-end CPUs Hits Market: At CES 2012 Intel was mum about its next generation of CPUs which are dubbed as Ivy Bridge. We hope that even if there is a short delay the Intel's higher-end third generation Core i series of CPUs will become a standard in all new desktops and laptops before this Christmas. The history of market trends shows that there will be a lot of improved mainstream parts in the market after the Intel’s high-end CPU hit the stores. 3. A Refresh to MacBook and Mac Pro: From the past three we haven’t seen any change in MacBook Pros design and we surely expect a refreshed model of MacBook from Apple this year. With the new Intel high-end processors we can dream of a slimmer and more powerful Pro model or a hybrid of Pro and Air is also a possibility. It’s for sure that there will be a major update in MacBook Air as Apple will be...
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