BrainGate gives paralysed the power of mind control
Guardian A tiny chip implant is enabling paralysed and injured people to move objects by the power of their thoughts – and, in time, researchers hope it could help them walk again John Donoghue, the founder of BrainGate, has developed technology that helps paraplegics move their limbs through thought. Photograph: Jamie James Medina for the [...]
Read More →Syrians protest despite Assad’s promises of reform
Mail BEIRUT (AP) — Thousands of people waving Syrian flags and shouting “We Want Freedom!” took to the streets Sunday in southern Syria, a day after President Bashar Assad promised to end nearly 50 years of emergency rule in an attempt to quell the growing uprising, witnesses said. Syrians protest despite Assad’s promises of reform [...]
Read More →Russia looks abroad for web laws, including to China
Reuters Russia is looking to the experience of other countries, including China, to “regulate” Internet use, though Moscow has no plans to broaden web censorship, a government spokesman said on Saturday. Weeks after hacker attacks temporarily closed down the country’s most popular blog site, a state tender calling for research into “foreign experience in regulating” [...]
Read More →US looking for African state to give refuge to Gaddafi
NY Times WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has begun seeking a country, most likely in Africa, that might be willing to provide shelter to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi if he were forced out of Libya, even as a new wave of intelligence reports suggest that no rebel leader has emerged as a credible successor to the [...]
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