Monday, August 21, 2006

Poker Playing Computers & Free Energy

AI that plays Poker
Now I understand why this poses a great challenge from the sense that it's modeling a game of imperfect information, but what I really want to see is portable, concealable, AI I can take to Vegas. Maybe they could have a camera and HUD embedded in sunglasses that transmit wirelessly to a CPU box that's hidden under a shirt/blazer. Baby needs a new pair of Ferragamos!

Free Energy
An Irish company claims to have made free, clean energy. No, it doesn't run on Guiness - it supposedly uses magnets. Simple stuff, right? Except how do you fit a magnet strong enough to power a cell phone into a cell phone? What about for a car? And how would having extrmely strong magnets affect other (metal) cars on the freeway? The company has issued a public challenge in the Economist for any scientist to test their product/theory, but I'm not going to be short crude anytime soon.

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