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Tapping Brains for Future Crimes
Jennifer Granick, Wired, February 14, 2007
A team of neuroscientists announced a scientific breakthrough in the use of brain scans to discover a person's thinking.
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Call for "Neuroethics" as Brain Science Races Ahead
Tom Heneghan, Reuters, February 14, 2007
Neuroscientists are making such rapid progress in unlocking the brain's secrets that some are urging their colleagues in the field to debate the ethics of their work before it can be misused.
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Doctors Try New Techniques to Regrow Human Tissue
Ron Winslow, Wall Street Journal, February 12, 2007
An experiment to regrow portions of fingers lost in the Iraq War by five soldiers is about to commence at a military base in Texas. The experimental treatment involves a fine powder called "extracellular matrix," harvested from pig bladders.
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Building the Cortex in Silicon
Emily Singer, Technology Review, February 12, 2007
Models of the brain built from specially designed computer chips could reveal cerebral secrets.
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Fueling Brain Research
Emily Singer, Technology Review, February 5, 2007
The past decade has seen a revolution in the understanding of the human brain. But what discoveries will the next generation of technologies bring to neuroscience?
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Bionic Tech Is the Real Deal
Kenji Hall, Business Week, February 5, 2007
The notion of boosting human strength, or replacing lost limbs, with robotic technology has been around for decades. But are the sci-fi ideas now becoming reality?
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I Guess That Makes Me a Transhumanist
Green Technology Forum, January 20, 2007
This article covers an engaging discussion between Nigel Cameron, Director of the Center on Nanotechnology and Society and President of the Institute on Biotechnology and the Human Future, and George Dvorsky, President of the Toronto Transhumanist Association.
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Nanotechnology Will Reshape Humanity
George Dvorsky, Beliefnet, January 17, 2007
George Dvorsky, President of the Toronto Transhumanist Association, argues that nano-medical human enhancement will not alter what it means to be human.
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The Discover Interview: Marvin Minsky
Susan Kruglinski, Discover, January 2007
Legendary A.I. pioneer Marvin Minsky ponders the brain, bashes neuroscience, and lays out a plan for super-human robots in this interview.
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