Computer Trained to Read Minds

How does the brain organize knowledge? This question that people have been asking about for centuries resulted Tom Mitchell to make a study on how to train a computer read humans' mind using the functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, a type of brain scan that can see real-time brain activity. Mitchell and his team at Machine Learning Department at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh aims to give treatment to language disorders, learning disabilities and hoped to bring out to people a better understanding on how and where the brain stores information. Read more...

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The Use of Bar Coding System and Its Importance

It is known to most medium and large sized business owners that the use of bar coding system is essential for operational efficiency purposes. A bar code according to Wikipedia is an optical machine-readable representation of data, which shows certain data on certain products. The coding is used in various areas of manufacturing and marketing. While the bar codes that we commonly see on retail merchandise and other items found at the supermarket is called Universal Product Code. Just how these bar codes are produced? There are computer peripheral used to print barcode labels and it is called a barcode printer also known as barcode label printer or label printer. This printer can be classified in three categories. They are:

• Industrial barcode printers
• Desktop barcode printers
• Mobile barcode printers

See description of each category at Printer Savings [dot] com. In business, barcodes are effective tools to address certain problems. When applied, it can save time and reduce errors, thus improves efficiency in business operations.

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