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drunkpotato
Interesting but color me skeptical of claims that they "[take] computing concepts to a whole new level". This would be fantastic if they could do it, and I think asynchronous event-driven circuits are definitely a move in the right direction, but the supposed "blog" they link to is nearly content-free marketspeak. The hyperbolic claims and lack of proven results set off little warning bells on this PR piece.
shmageggy
If you check out the "publications" tab there is more substantial content. The first one in the list is a pretty readable yet detailed description of their approach and philosophy.
drunkpotato
That is a fair point, and I admit that I read into the blog post more than was actually claimed.
_yobq
I'd love to commercialize this by connecting our brains to a farm of electronic brains via an API. Brain Power on Demand(tm)! :)
aaronbrethorst
Brainpower on demand? I think we already have that, and it's called Mechanical Turk or Crowdflower ;-)
[dead] TechNewb
Reminds me of Mike from 'The Moon is a Harsh Mistress'... Seem to be on track... 2082
dconway
When they make one that's safe for implant, I am so getting it.
itmag
I just got a mental image of Eliezer Yudkowski and Linda Hamilton assaulting IBM headquarters at night with the help of a buff Austrian combat cyborg.
easy_rider
Well hope they are as smart as they think they are. In 2009 they thought the word mating started with an F !
jderick
I think they simply substituted the PG version of the real word here.
easy_rider
Yeah, It was kinda ironic on my part. Laughed pretty hard about the PG'ing though, they could have thrown in a little bit more irony themself, but yeah it's forbes :)