Turning
scanning probe microscopes on living beings
could provide insights into many of life's
processes and lead to artificial materials
that more closely mimic living matter. A study
of the structural elements of butterfly wings
shows the possibilities. Full
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Brainwave
interface goes 2D
Past efforts at using brainwaves to control computers
had limited success, and while interfaces that tap
neural signals directly show promise, they require
brain implants. A noninvasive brain interface shows
that brainwaves may have what it takes after all.
The key is adaptive software.
Software
ties marks to digital text
The concept of the paperless office is getting to
be a bad joke. A system that imports proofreader's
marks into digital documents attempts to bridge
the gap between paper and digital. The challenge
is keeping marks with text as documents change.
View
from the High Ground
An email conversation with Xerox CTO and Innovation
Group president Herve Gallaire: ad hoc networks,
the digital landfill, constraint-based programming,
the digital divide, optical illusions, uncertainty
and incompleteness, solid ink and sports.
