1st December 2012 Archive

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Ouya gaming project announces console giveaway

Free prototype units for ten lucky developers

The makers of the hotly anticipated Ouya Android-based gaming console say they're on track to ship their first development consoles by the end of the year, and a few lucky developers will be able to get their hands on them for free. According to an update posted to the project's Kickstarter page on Friday, early versions of …

Broadband 1 Dec 00:11
NY Museum of Modern Art embraces 14 video games

Did your favorite digital diversion make the curatorial cut?

The prestigious Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York has elevated the humble video game into its pantheon of art objects, and has named the first 14 of the 40 or so games that it will eventually add to its collection. "Are video games art?" MoMA curator Paola Antonelli asked rhetorically when announcing the collection, then …

Games 1 Dec 00:13
Scientists build largest ever computerized brain

Still as dumb as a bag of hammers

Canadian scientists have built a functioning computer simulation of the human brain, dubbed Spaun, that's able to recognize characters and perform simple actions. The team at the University of Waterloo's Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience built the brain from 2.5 million computer-simulated neurons, compared to the average …

Science 1 Dec 00:29
New laws to shackle and fine the Press? We've got PLENTY already

Analysis Not just libel law, Data Protection Act is armed to the teeth too

Prime Minister David Cameron has expressed "serious concerns and misgivings" over bringing in laws to underpin any new body to regulate the press. Mr Cameron told MPs that legislation backing a regulatory body underpinned by statute would "cross the Rubicon" by writing elements of press regulation into the law for the "first …

Law 1 Dec 09:29
LOHAN's mighty orb launch live NOW

SPEARS board off to menace Blighty from 80,000ft

Today's Low Orbit Helium Assisted Navigator (LOHAN) balloon launch is go, and you can follow the ground preparations in Berkshire live right now, right here - courtesy of the chaps at batc.tv There are full details on the mission team and payload here. To summarise, the primary objective is to see whether our Special Project …

SPB 1 Dec 09:48