Taiwan wants to prove to the worlds that it tiny island nation can solve worldwide environmental problems with their own home-grown microelectronics, such as solving the mystery of disappearing honey bees with handheld bee-tracking radar: R. Colin Johnson @NextGenLog
Honey bees are unimpaired by the millimeter sized radar transponder which is allowing Taiwanese scientists to track down the source of the plague on their dwindling numbers. Further Reading
Cognitive computers—cognizers—aim to instill human-like intelligence into our smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices using microchips that emulate the human brain. Dubbed the “Future of Computing” by the NYTimes, one of the “Best Innovation Moments of 2011” by the Washington Post and one of “10 World Changing Ideas” in a Scientific American cover story “A Computer Chip that Thinks” this book reveals how neuroscience and computer science are merging in a new era of intelligent machines light-years beyond Apple's Siri, IBM's Watson.