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 Can you imagine, you will be able to operate your pc simply by thinking? It is hard believe but the new technology will be capable of directly interpreting words as they are thought, according to researchers at Intel who are behind the roject. The scientists are creating detailed maps of the activity in the brain for individual words which can then be matched against the brain activity of someone using the computer, allowing the machine to determine the word they are thinking. 

 A senior researcher at Intel Laboratories, Dean Pomerleau said that currently, the devices required to get sufficient detail of brain activity were bulky, expensive magnetic resonance scanners, like those used in hospitals. Preliminary tests of the system have shown that the computer can work out words by looking at similar brain patterns and looking for key differences that suggest what the word might be. Turning brain waves into real-world tech action still requires some heavy decoding of brain activity. The Intel team has already made use of fMRI brain scans to match brain patterns with similar thoughts across many test subjects.Plenty of other researchers have also tinkered in this area. Toyota recently demoed a wheelchair controlled with brainwaves, and University of Utah researchers have created a wireless brain transmitter that allows monkeys to control robotic arms. So it is clear that humans are not restricted any more to just using keyboards and mice.

Human mind reader computers are being developed by Intel

“True Blood” Season 3 Episode 10 was aired and like its previous episodes, this week also “I Smell A Rat” was able to receive wide response and attention from its audience. However, the immense craze and popularity of Bill-Sookie love saga has made the audience search for the online streaming of the next episode “Fresh Blood” which will be aired on HBO next Sunday, August 29. It seems that lot of mystery will be unfolded next week and the subtitle clearly promises more bloodshed in episode 11.




In next episode 11,Bill wants to earn back the trust of Sookie, but once again brings her to the danger. Eric Russell seduces with “cherished dream vampire. Lafayette struggling with new demons. Jason tries to understand what he learned about Crystal. Sam pushes all, but Tara. Jessica and Hoyt to take their romance up a notch. 

PREVIEW of True Blood Season 3 Episode 11 "Fresh Blood"

The gala event of Creative Arts Emmy Award 2010 which was held at Nokia Theater, Los Angeles.The awards show aimed at honoring those who work behind the scenes on television's most revered programming featured a red carpet full of on screen stars including Mad Men bombshell Christina Hendricks, comedian Kathy Griffin and actor Neil Patrick Harris. Mini series “The Pacific”, took home six Emmy Awards. The top network winner was HBO with 17 trophies, followed by ABC with 15 and Fox bagged 9 trophies.

The Creative Arts Primetime Emmy Awards winners are:

THE TUDORS

Best Costumes for a Series
Best Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series

MAD MEN

Outstanding Casting For A Drama Series
Outstanding Hairstyling For A Single-Camera Series

GLEE

Best Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series
Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series (Neil Patrick Harris)

FLASHFORWARD

Best Stunt Coordination

LOST

Best Picture Editing for Drama Series


GREY’S ANATOMY

Outstanding Makeup For Single-Camera Series


And the much anticipated event of 62nd Primetime Emmy Award 2010 will take place at Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, California. The star studded event will be graced by the veteran celebrities of American television industry. The Primetime Emmy Awards organizers have recently announced the first set of Emmy presenters. The media reports that they represent some of the most popular and most nominated shows of the year.

Creative Arts Emmy Awards 2010

The oldest evidence of a fungus that turns ants into zombies and makes them stagger to their death has been uncovered by scientists. Evidence of the parasitism was found on a fossilized leaf that grew in the Messel Pit, located in Germany, and was discovered by the University of Exeter's Dr. David P. Hughes, who studies parasites that can take over the minds of their hosts. Hughes, along with Conrad Labandeira from the Smithsonian Institution and Torsten Wappler of the Steinmann Institute in Germany, noticed that the 48-million-year-old fossilized leaf had a scar similar to the leaf scars left by the today’s “zombie ants.”

The fungus, called Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, makes ants leave their colonies and head for a leaf that provides the ideal conditions for the parasite to reproduce.

When the "zombie" ant gets there, it bites down hard on the major vein of the leaf in a "death grip," so when the ant dies its body remains, giving the fungus time to grow and release spores to infect other ants.

The death grip bite leaves a very distinct scar on the leaves, the researchers say, and they found clear evidence of it on a 48-million-year-old fossilized leaf specimen from Germany.

"This can happen en masse. You can find whole graveyards with 20 or 30 ants in a square metre. Each time, they are on leaves that are a particular height off the ground and they have bitten into the main vein before dying," said David Hughes at Harvard University. Scientists are not clear how the fungus controls the ants it infects, but know that the parasite releases alkaloid chemicals into the insect as it consumes it from the inside.

'Zombie Ants' Created by Parasite Existed 50 Million Years Ago

Well-known conservative talk show host Dr. Laura Schlessinger went all Michael Richards on a caller who reached out to her for help regarding her interracial marriage.

Dr. Laura Schlessinger hadn't really made waves or angered too many people in some time. But she made up for it on Tuesday's show, when the African-American caller talked to her about her home life. The caller said that her white husband often had talks with his friends that crossed some racial boundaries.

This triggered the Dr. Laura n-word dissertation, as she talked about how black people use the term all the time. In fact, she said it herself three times, when she talked about how it is said all the time by comics on HBO. But the caller took umbrage with her use of it later on.

The Dr. Laura n-word discussion then took another wild turn, when the caller said she couldn't believe Schlessinger used it. In response, Schlessinger said she didn't "spew out the n***** word" - but when the caller said she hoped listeners heard it, Schlessinger said the word three more times.

"I articulated the N-word all the way out -- more than one time," Schlessinger said in comments from the opening of her radio show that she posted on her site.

The former vice-presidential nominee and ex-Alaska governor Sarah Palin tweeted her support for Dr. Laura Schlessinger, who said she'd quit her radio show after coming under fire for repeatedly using the N-word while on-air with a caller.

Dr. Laura apologizes For offensive language

The nationwide salmonella outbreak, which federal officials said was the largest of its type related to eggs in years, has sickened more than 250 people, according to news reports. A recall first announced last week was expanded from 228 million to 380 million eggs -- the equivalent of nearly 32 million dozen-egg cartons. Eggs from Wright County Egg in Galt, Iowa, were linked to several illnesses in the three states. 

Caroline Smith DeWaal, food safety director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest said,
"This certainly has the potential to be a very large outbreak, both given the apparent number of reported cases so far and also the fact that many of these eggs may still be in consumer refrigerators," 

Salmonella can cause fever, abdominal cramps and diarrhea and usually lasts four to seven days. Thoroughly cooking eggs can kill the bacteria. But health officials are recommending people throw away or return the recalled eggs.

More than 250 people sickened by Salmonella germ in U.S.A.

Jennifer Love Hewitt Profile

Birthday                    : 2/21/1979 
Nickname                  : Love
Birthname                 : Jennifer Love Hewitt
Hookups                    : Jamie Kennedy, Ross McCall ... 
Hometown                : Waco, Texas
Assets                       : Great smile, orgasmic rack ... 
Vices                          : Sign:Pisces
Height                       : 5'2
Job                            : Actress, Singer
Hobbies                    : vagazzling her vajayjay
Ethnicity                  : White
Country of Origin   : United States

Biography

Jennifer Love Hewitt was born in Waco, Texas to Patricia Mae and Herbert Daniel Hewitt on February 21, 1979. After her parents divorce, Hewitt and her brother Todd were raised by her mother. Jennifer was attracted to music at a very young age. At the age of ten, she moved to Los Angeles, California with her mother to pursue in a career for both acting and singing.As a singer, Hewitt has been signed by Atlantic Records and Jive Records. She is primarily known for her recordings in the pop genre. To date, her most successful single on the Billboard Hot 100 is the 1999 release "How Do I Deal", which peaked at No. 59. In addition, she has ontributed music to the promotion or soundtracks of acting projects.

After appearing in more than twenty commercials, her first break was her role on the Disney Channel variety show Kids Incorporated. She began a film star after her leading role in I Know What You Did Last Summer. In 2000 she was voted the most popular actress on television, and hence became Nokia’s spokesperson. After many tries in the music industry, her first single “BareNaked” off her fourth album became her biggest radio hit.

Hewitt's physical appearance has been the subject of much media attention throughout her career. She has been lauded as one of the most attractive women in the entertainment industry by publications such as Maxim, in which she was named the sexiest woman in the world in 1999, and TV Guide, which named her the sexiest woman on television in 2008. In 2007, paparazzi photos of Hewitt on a beach led to a much-publicized matter in which she defended her weight, and was supported by other celebrities. These incidents received coverage from People magazine.

After meeting Scottish actor Ross McCall on Ghost Whisperer, the two began dating in January 2006. The two engaged in November 2007.

Jennifer Love Hewitt