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Another approach is to create "neural nets"--simulated versions of neurons and their massive interconnections that, while highly simplified, are able to solve real-world design problems and come up with unexpected though still appropriate solutions. These and related methods are also used in computer programs that "automatically" create art, music and poetry. The results of emulating nature in this way can be surprisingly effective, often solving difficult engineering and other design problems. However, as a human inventor who routinely uses these techniques, I can report that I continue to feel that I am still in charge of the process...
Breazeal is attracted to inventing because it is hands-on and real-world. "I would much rather build something and interact with it than philosophize about it," she says. "Or philosophize about someone else doing it." But at the same time, she has used robotics to explore some subtle intellectual issues. At M.I.T., Breazeal has studied brains and cognitive science, and her work with Kismet raises complex issues about how humans think and learn...
...than simply misunderstanding the facts, you misread the role and value of both organizations. HIID served as a link between Harvard and the world, transferring some of its enormous expertise to billions of people living in developing countries, and in turn providing researchers and students throughout the University with real-world information and real-life experience...
...nearly perfect corrected vision. You can't be color-blind, and you have to be able to drive. You must have graduated from an accredited college, and if you don't have either a law or accounting degree or fluency in another language, you have to have some real-world work experience...
Tiger Woods should thank his lucky stars that things have played out the way they have for him [SPORTS, Aug. 14]. He should stay silent about having to confront any real-world challenges like living from paycheck to paycheck. His brilliant smile and golf game are magic, though. Life is easier and more fun because he's around. THOMAS JIRGENSOHN Albuquerque...