European researchers have developed “neuro-chips” in which living brain cells and silicon circuits are coupled together. According to author, Ker Than, in an article published in Live Science, “The achievement could one day enable the creation of sophisticated neural prostheses to treat neurological disorders or the development of organic computers that crunch numbers using living […]
Ian McEwan’s Saturday
This novel examines one day in the life of Henry Perowne, a prominent and successful London neurosurgeon. While driving his new Mercedes, Perowne collides with Baxter, a street thug and victim of Huntington’s chorea, whose condition makes him dangerously unpredictable: violent and sensitive by turns. Perowne can’t help diagnosing Baxter, even while Baxter […]
Python On Windows XP: 7 Minutes To “Hello World!”
Instead of being all things to all users, this little how-to assumes the following:
You are a Windows XP user who is curious about computer programming;
You would like to install the Python computer language on your Windows XP machine, start the Python interpreter, and run the classic “Hello […]
If you don’t know any computer languages, I recommend starting with Python. It is cleanly designed, well documented, and relatively kind to beginners. Despite being a good first language, it is not just a toy; it is very powerful and flexible and well suited for large projects.
From How To Become A Hacker, by Eric S. […]
Albert Einstein said, “The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.”
In Plagiary, It’s Crawling All Over Me, Joseph Epstein examines “the blurry line between a paraphrase and a lift.”
Paul Boutin : Biowar for Dummies
A Made to order thriller from the dark side of biotech, which would be entertaining if it weren’t so real-life scary. Technology writer, Paul Boutin, reports on an unpublished paper, in which Roger Brent, a geneticist who runs a California biotech firm, describes how genetically engineered bioweapons developed by small […]
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