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For all who know and for the unfamiliar alike, the Blue Brain project was conceived in 2005 to simulate mammal brains reality up in computer models. Many computer simulations have been attempted over time and steadily with the evolution in the sphere, we’re inching closer to brain simulation veracity. Point in case justified by completion of the first phase of the Blue Brain Project, wherein the researcher have managed to model the neocortical column – brain’s part responsible for higher functions and thought.

What’s done in actuality?

The feat has been achieved reaching a detailed simulation of the part of the brain (neocortical column), joining molecule with molecule to build a computation of the real brain. The created brain for experimentation has been embedded into a virtual body living in virtual space, and the results have been alarming, indicating well the neural and molecular basis of memory and thought.

Come summers in the Northern Hemisphere, and sales of the goggles will soon make high spikes in all their makers’ sales graph. Amidst them all, Xonix Watch Company will be one that’ll truely make the most with these 5-in-one sunglasses designed especially for the sporty nerds. Carrying too many gadgets is a problem with the out-goers, and that’s where Xonix multi-utility glasses will make a place for themselves, courtesy the video recorder, camera, music player and storage capability, besides the customary sunglasses function that it houses.

Just woken up from the Earth Day hangover, you’ve fallen onto the right place again. Amid the dump of plug-in hybrid cars and bikes is delivered a genius for all who fail to commute sans a wheelchair (the words are clear without an intention to hurt anyone). A collective compilation from companies in Italy, the H-ergo wheelchair is hydrogen-powered four-wheeler, which’ll double for a Personal Mobility Vehicle on busy green streets of the future.

When it comes to the conceptualization, this concept deserves an acclaim, but for performance we high-expectants may not be convinced. This cute tiny-chair runs at 20km/h only, slow I know, but an independently moving wheelchair is a novel notion, a creditable mention goes to two 800 watt electric motors running on hydrogen fuel cells, which make for the source to drive the H-ergo.

A few things are just floated into a make for no reason. Inspired by the ancient Asian scrolls, scroll devices have been seen designed but have only added to the miss-venture until now. And this Scroll MID concept recently seen isn’t in any way far from the previous inspiration. We doubt their authenticity in a recent future, but the pace of technological development cannot be challenged and therefore, we would better reserve our statement on the scroll returning to the contemporary grab.

Since we have come a long way into the conceptual world, this MID from a Korea based company is worth a look. It would be difficult to tell of the scroll screen it size etc, but catering to the future, it is a touch sensitive display which coils into a tube housing an interactive display for language, time and menu. Jenn Lee from Pocketables suggests ‘the device needs to have a sturdy make for the screen so that it doesn’t flex of in any condition’, and we so rightly believe, but we to the contrary deem that if this MID is ever made the peculiarity of it would a decent one hand grip, which lets the other hand completely enjoy the device .

The Mebius PC-NJ70A from Sharp isn’t a sensational name that would make you inquisitive to know the specs but it does offer something that makes it special. A trackpad that puts the usual to shame for it is an LCD panel measuring 854×480.

Sadly, the guys over slipperybrick do not just assure that it functions as a secondary display but we hope it does. The normal display is 1024 by 600 with an Atom N270 processor and a 160GB Hard Disk. Surprisingly, the predicted price is $817, which again fails to convince me but the fact the product hails from Japan ends the confusion.

Via: Slipperybrick

It isn’t easy to get your sick child to meet solace unless you’ve got him sleeping or have toys and yourself surrounding him in comfort. In an effort thus to get something over and beyond the obvious, Belgian-based scientists are developing a robot to ease your kid’s uneasiness when he is sick and/or is hospitalized. The cuddly green robot, named Probo, is there to relieve the child of his uneasiness, but is a mechanical genius good enough to replace a human touch of affection?

The engineers have tried that wee bit hard to mimic that extra possibility to get ever so with their robot to communicate emotionally with the human offspring, for which Probo is housed with a touchscreen on the stomach explaining operations to the kids, with both emotions and disgust. That’s not it; Ivan Hermans creation, this robot is well designed to imitate facial expressions of how a child would feel in course of a certain treatment, but there are limitations still and it’s not actually up there against the mother’s lap. Probo could be heading to the hospital soon, as and when the makeover’s complete.

The quest to search for more planets has stretched to another higher scale, with our progression taking us to the closest Earth-like planet. Michel Mayor and his team of astronomers from the Geneva Observatory in Switzerland claim to have discovered a new Earth-like planet, the Gliese 581 e. The extraordinary discovery of this smallest exoplanet is reckoned by far the most Earth-like planet located outside our solar system.

The Gliese 581 e is only 1.9 times the mass of Earth, and is about 20 light-years away from us in the constellation of Libra. Being close to its planet star, at an orbital distance of only 0.03 AU, the planet may not be apt in atmosphere for breeding life, i.e. not in the habitable zone, but intriguingly is one of the most spectacular discoveries till date.

I do not follow what the critics say, but for me the Ferrari 250 GTO has to be the greatest road scorcher to have ever stormed the streets of Modena. Such is my admiration for the GTO that if someone chooses to have a 250 GTO LEGO made, I would easily call him the best LEGO artist. If Technic was a possible adaptation for the original version, this is how the modulation would have looked. It is never easy to replicate a curvy structure in a Technic mod, which is why this structure is all the more special.

This version has a working steering with genuine suspension traits, plus a V12 beast replication with a 3-speed gearbox. You may criticize my appreciation, but you just need to see the front to assess how many brains have gone into making it. When it comes to LEGO expertise, I am no specialist either, but the enthusiasts need to give it a shot, especially the ones belonging to the Technic brigade. Follow the jump to get the details.

You have personal entertainment devices, but when we talk about the most potent one, a personal media player outclasses everything else. The Cube52 was quite a handful when it came to pocketing entertainment and now we hear of an upgraded H100 being released. The 5-inch, 800×480 display is the same as its predecessor but it does have a novel 1080i resolution TV output adaptation.

The H100 can also function as an e-book reader, along with the ability to play back the most popular music files. There are a few flash-based games just in case the stored data becomes a little too monotonous to entertain you. It supports RMVB, RM, AVI, FLV, DAT and MPEG video files.

Via: AkihabaraNews

Long-distance affairs can be really painful, for it isn’t easy to stay away from a person you love. You tend to miss those intimate moments that make love all the more special. Considering the pain the lovebirds go through, the Mutsugoto has to be the most adorable doodad ever developed. A device that lets you feel that intimacy even when you are miles away from your love has to be touted as something special.

Using a computer vision system, a camera and a projector that draws light over a body, the Mutsugoto transmits the same touch to your love interest through a touch-sensitive ring. The virtual strokes are converted into real light using the computer, which gives a real intimate feel.