Tales from the bits

The Blue Brain Project is an attempt to reverse engineer the brain, to explore how it functions and to serve as a tool for neuroscientists and medical researchers. The project is hosted at the Ecole Polytechnique’s Brain Mind Institute in Lausanne. Professor Henry Markam is the project director. He has announced that his team will [...]

Brain computer interface (BCI) can provide a way to help many people suffering from serious illnesses or injuries. In my previous post I mentioned some of the potential dangers of using BCI to monitor brain activity and reveal thoughts. This post adds to the positive aspect of BCI. It is a video from Stanford’s Neural [...]

From Wired News by Priya Ganapati. The first step towards a revolution on how humans interact with computers has started with the multitouch displays. Multitouch displays are screens that are sensitive to the pressure of more than one finger. The future of human-computer interfaces may involve using neurotransmitters to help translate thoughts into computing actions, [...]

Many people outside the software industry do not know what software engineering is about. Even recently when I was asked at a party “Hey, George so tell me what you do for living?” I answered, “I am a Software Engineer”. I got a semi blank look. I quickly added, “I am a computer programmer» and [...]