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Computer programmers are trying to teach computers to "speak" to us, and a better understanding of how we use acoustic cues to stress new information and put old information in the background may help them produce more realistic-sounding speech. How to do this? Teach them poetry! Researcher Michael Wagner studied the rhythm, stress and intonation of speech, and a first step to understanding this complexity is to gain better knowledge of how we decide where to put emphasis. This is where poetry comes into play.read more

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We know how quantum physics works in the atomic level, but does it translate into the “macro” level enough to allow us to use it in practical ways?

Physicist Anthony Leggett thinks that there are too many issues with quantum theory to think of it as anything more than an approximation of reality. In New Scientist, Michael Brooks quotes him as saying, “Everything depends on whether you believe quantum mechanics is going to go on describing the physical world perfectly to whatever level you push it. I’m inclined to put my money on the idea that if we push quantum mechanics hard enough it will break down and something else will take over–something we can’t envisage at the moment.”
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The next generation of computers will try to duplicate the way the human brain works, meaning that they may be able to SEE and HEAR in the future. They may even be able to feel emotions. Meanwhile, our brains are becoming more like computers: It has been discovered that integrative body-mind training (IBMT), which was adapted from traditional Chinese medicine in the 1990s in China (where it is practiced by thousands of people) can change the part of the brain called the anterior cingulate, which regulates emotions and behavior. IBMT is not yet available in the US.
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Amazing discoveries continue: High-density and ultracold atomic gases have emerged as promising media for storage of individual photons in computers. The Master of the Key predicted that this would happen. And astronomers have discovered a mysterious whirling mass of gas out in space.

When Whitley Strieber asked the Master of the Key about the design of intelligent computers, he replied: “Gas is an important component to consider in the construction of intelligent machines. Nitrous oxide will bear memory. Also, you may find ways of using superposition in very fast, very able quantum memory chips.” Now this appears to be exactly correct.
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