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Mute Man Second Chance to Speak- Brain Surgery
Brain surgeons at Boston University have enabled a mute man to speak again by implanting an electrode into his brain. The electrode senses when he’s thinking about vowels and reproduces them using a speech synthesizer. Process: The man first lost his ability to speak after head trauma caused extensive bleeding into the pons area of [...]
Korea will invest 350 billion in gaming industry by 2012
The South Korean government will invest 350 billion won in the computer game industry by 2012. In a meeting Wednesday about plans to develop the game industry in the country, Culture, Sports and Tourism Minister Yu In-chon said they country’s game industry hit a billion-dollar export goal this year. The minister plans to kick start [...]
Google Lively- The virtual world is shutting down
Google’s Lively was launched this summer. Lively was Web-based and allowed anyone to set up virtual spaces, such as rooms, that could be embedded onto blogs or Facebook pages. But the project never picked up much steam. Now, Google has decided to shut the project down. “Despite all the virtual high fives and creative rooms [...]
Yahoo Glue- Brings to US
Yahoo rolled out a U.S. beta version of its Glue Pages, giving a visual boost to users’ search results, according to a posting on Yahoo blog. The beta is designed to allow users to enter a search and have not only text links appear on the site, but also related pictures, videos and blogs and [...]
