Machine Translates Thoughts into Speech in Real Time By implanting an electrode into the brain of a person with locked-in syndrome, scientists have demonstrated how to wirelessly transmit neural signals to a speech synthesizer. The “thought-to-speech” process takes about 50 milliseconds – the same amount of time for a non-paralyzed, neurologically intact person to speak their thoughts. The study marks the first successful demonstration of a permanently installed, wireless implant for real-time control of an external device

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This sounds like almost a good idea

On Friday afternoon, I received a note from a friend, alerting me to job that would be a good match for me. It’s a part-time job, working from home on projects related to technical documentation standards, requiring a particular software configuration and broadband access

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As the title of this journal says, …

SWARTHMORE, Pa. – Freshman Will Gates scored a game-high 27 points and pulled down seven rebounds for the Swarthmore men’s basketball team (2-10, 1-4), but No

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Gates Big Day Not Enough as No. 13 Franklin & Marshall Crushes Garnet 75-51

From The Landmark (subscription required): [Editor's note: There were 13 suspicious items this week.] Holden [Editor's note - Special bonus item from the Telegram.com - Holden police: Recycled metals fed public works fund ] Monday, December 28 12:58 a.m. Suspicious male wearing all-dark clothing, walking on Doyle Rd.; transported 9:14 a.m. Animal quarantine, Woodland Rd

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Crime in suburbia

Alright, so last Sunday, the Telegram published a lengthy, front-page story (in partnership with the New England Center for Investigative Reporting at Boston University ), about the local Salvation Army. The article focuses on the house that the army provides for Majors.

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It used to be that Marley would run into the other room when I started cooking. We had a very sensitive smoke detector that would sound the alarm whenever it, well, detected smoke. I’m a better cook now, more careful, more patient.

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I saw the best minds of my generation …

The first workday of the year brings a trip to the town hall to renew Marley’s license. He got number 12, which is pretty good, considering that I didn’t get to the clerk’s office until after nine o’clock. We’ve yet to make to a single digit

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Hello, I would like to buy a fish license, please.

On Monday, Michael Danciger [ 1 ] died of cancer. Michael was the husband of Sandra’s lifelong friend, Janet. A short while ago, Michael sent out the 24th installment of his journal that chronicled his physical journey through illness and treatment and also his mental and spiritual journey to a place that, well, let’s let him say it.

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Over the horizon

GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Five different Gettysburg players scored in double figures to pace a potent offense that shot 56 percent from the field, as the Bullets defeated the Swarthmore College men’s basketball team 80-63 in Centennial Conference action on Wednesday evening.

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Hot-Shooting Bullets Defeat Garnet 80-63

GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Down 10 points late in the second half, the Swarthmore College women’s basketball team (4-7, 1-5) stormed all the way back and had a chance to tie homestanding Gettysburg on its final possession, but three-point attempts from freshman Eliza Polli and junior Ceylan Bodur rimmed out as time expired, and the undefeated Bullets (11-0, 6-0) hung on to defeat the Garnet 51-48 on Wednesday evening.

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Upset Bid Comes Up Short as Garnet Women Fall at Unbeaten Gettysburg 51-48

In an interesting read, with an interesting conclusion, New Scientist explores incompetent managers and how they get that way ( Why your boss is incompetent , 17 Dec 2009). The article covers new research that reinforces the ideas first posited in 1969’s The Peter Principle , written by psychologist Laurence Peter and playwright Raymond.

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New Scientist: Incompetent Bosses…Better to take pity on the poor souls

Customization is the norm of the day. At Zoho Recruit, we clearly understand this fact and aim at offering the best possible customizable options. Such customization options provide you with greater flexibility to tailor the application to best address your needs

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Zoho Recruit – Candidate Form Takes a Flexible Fresh Look

BALTIMORE – Senior goalie Kevin Friedenberg of the Swarthmore College men’s lacrosse team has been named preseason All-America Honorable Mention by InsideLacorsse, the organization announced recently. Friedenberg, a senior captain from Needberg, Massachusetts was one of the top goalies in the Centennial Conference in 2009, sporting a conference-best 7.12 goal-against average and conference-second best .625 save percentage while earning All-Centennial honors.

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Every time someone watches a WHDH newscast, an angel pokes Walter Cronkite with a sharp stick. With the typical TV newscast having about 17 minutes available in a 30-minutes show, the big story ought to be the big story. There is an old joke producers scream when young reporters say they need more time for a story

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Let’s start with the good news, if you can call it that. The aluminum gear box on our Ariens snow blower cracked during the last big snow storm. The guy who repairs our stuff was vigilant beyond the call of duty and tracked down a steel gear box from a seller in Maryland and returned the repaired snow blower to us on Wednesday

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Tests of character

We sent the old year on its way with funny hats, light sabers, and a bus ride. Needing our hats, Sandra, Tess, Lily, Cassie, and yours truly visited the Celebration Station at the Worcester Art Museum and made hats of colored paper and silver stars. Suitable attired, we went out on a balmy (compared to last year) night and slipped/slided/ slud along snowy sidewalks to the various venues.

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First Night last night

Interesting speculation here ( How E-Books Will Change Reading And Writing : NPR ) on digital media in general, and its impact on our reading, and our writing, and thus, the literature we produce. At the center is an article by digital critic Nick Carr (Atlantic: Is Google Making Us Stupid ).

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NPR: How E-Books Will Change Reading And Writing

Today’s one of those days that has a lot of meaning now and will likely have even more meaning later. The correlation between those two meanings is what makes life so very interesting.

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After changes upon changes

I’ve decided to let the whole decade thing go. Lots of people are writing interesting commentary on the previous 10 years, struggling to find a name for this era, let alone trying to identify the salient points of such an intense time. That’s fine.

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The rhythm of things

One of the nice things about the holiday season (besides family, friends and gifts!) is that business slows down a bit and there is time for side projects. A couple of our employees felt like experimenting and they created a Desktop-like UI for all of our Zoho services. We now have more than 20 different products that allow businesses to “Work Online”, so this is a natural extension.

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A Desktop UI for Zoho Services