It blindly takes packets of information, and slings them on to their destination, regardless of who sent them, who's receiving them, and the sort of data they contain. The key, he says, is to turn networking equipment into computing equipment. With U.S. District Judge Patrick Duggan presiding, arguments in the University of Michigan's affirmative action lawsuit begin today. Alexandre Moreira was a janitor at Providence College, not a student. But that didn't stop the school from using his picture to add some diversity to its promotional materials.
Monkey mind moves machine.
Neuroscientists at Duke University report today in the journal Nature that they have pinpointed signals in monkeys' brains that forecast voluntary movements. And, using hair-thin electrodes implanted in two monkeys, they've harnessed those brain signals to move a robotic arm. What it got was a rapid introduction to tobacco politics. Yesterday, after an hour of heated closed-door debate, the Regents agreed to put the investment on hold. KYVU says it will fund programs that promise profitability within three years.