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************************* Project Deep Blitz: Chess PC Takes on Deep Blue ExtremeTech January 26, 2006 ************************* A computer using only 44 dual-core AMD Opteron 64-bit chips would equal IBM's Deep Blue supercomputer in chess performance, using off-the-shelf parts from AMD and affiliated vendors. In the 1997 match, if Gary Kasparov's chess rating had been 2900 rather than 2820, it would have taken IBM at least another two years to develop a computer that... http://www.kurzweilai.net/email/newsRedirect.html?newsID=5268&m=9906 ************************* Geeks in Toyland Wired Feb. 2006 ************************* When the time came for a major upgrade to Lego's Mindstorms robot kit, they turned to their obsessed fans -- and rewrote the rules of the innovation... http://www.kurzweilai.net/email/newsRedirect.html?newsID=5267&m=9906 ************************* Robot special: Almost human NewScientist.com news service Feb. 4, 2006 ************************* Researchers are poised to pull together developments in three key fields -- walking, talking and manipulation -- to produce a new generation of human-like machines. And when artificial intelligence catches up, they will not only be able to clean the house, do the dishes and take out the garbage, but also to play with children, help care for... http://www.kurzweilai.net/email/newsRedirect.html?newsID=5266&m=9906
