Scientists can extract images directly from brain

Pink Tentacle reports that researchers at Japan’s ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories have developed a system that can “reconstruct the images inside a person’s mind and display them on a computer monitor.”

According to the researchers, further development of the technology may soon make it possible to view other people’s dreams while they sleep.

The scientists were able to reconstruct various images viewed by a person by analyzing changes in their cerebral blood flow. Using a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) machine, the researchers first mapped the blood flow changes that occurred in the cerebral visual cortex as subjects viewed various images held in front of their eyes. Subjects were shown 400 random 10 x 10 pixel black-and-white images for a period of 12 seconds each. While the fMRI machine monitored the changes in brain activity, a computer crunched the data and learned to associate the various changes in brain activity with the different image designs.

Then, when the test subjects were shown a completely new set of images, such as the letters N-E-U-R-O-N, the system was able to reconstruct and display what the test subjects were viewing based solely on their brain activity.

The researchers suggest a future version of this technology could be applied in the fields of art and design — particularly if it becomes possible to quickly and accurately access images existing inside an artist’s head. The technology might also lead to new treatments for conditions such as psychiatric disorders involving hallucinations, by providing doctors a direct window into the mind of the patient.

ATR chief researcher Yukiyasu Kamitani says, “This technology can also be applied to senses other than vision. In the future, it may also become possible to read feelings and complicated emotional states.”

RATAN TATA - INDIAN'S RICHEST INDUSTRIALIST (BILLIONAIRE)

The Tatas are a wealthy Parsi family in India. The Tata Group, founded by Jamsetji Tata, is one of the largest private employers in India.

Nusserwanji R. Tata & Jeevanbai Tata were Husband and wife.  And they had five children :-

01) Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata: Wife: Hirabai Daboo –> The Founder of Tata Group & Chairman of the Group since (1868 to 1904)

02) Ratanbai Tata; Husband: Edulji Bamji

03) Maneckbai Tata; Husband: Kharsedji Tata

04) Virbaiji Tata; Husband: Bapuji Saklatwala

05) Jerbai Tata; Husband: Dorabji Saklatwala

Out of these five siblings, Jamsetji Tata founded Tata Group in the year 1851.

Jamsetji Tata had 3 Children :-

01) Sir Dorabji Tata: Wife: Meherbai Bhabha –> Chairman of the Tata Group Since (1904 to 1932)

02) Dhunbai Tata

03) Sir Ratan Tata: Wife: Navajbai Sett

Virbaiji Tata had two Children :-

01) Kaekobad Saklatwala; Wife: Sehra Bardi

02) Sir Nowroji Saklatwala –> Chairman of the Tata Group Since (1932 to 1938) 

DadaBhoy Tata, the father of Jamsetji Tata had one son :-

01) R. D. Tata (Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata)

R.D. Tata had five Children :-

01) Sylla Tata (Lady Dinshaw Petit); Husband: Sir Dinshaw Petit

02) J.R.D. Tata; Wife: Thelma Vicaji –> Chairman of Tata Group Since (1938-1991)

03) Rodabeh Tata

04) Darab Tata

05) Jimmy Tata

Now, Cooverbai Daboo was the sister of Hirabai Daboo, The wife of Jamsetji Tata. She had one Daughter :-

01) Ratanbai Daboo - wife of Hormusji Tata

Sir Ratan Tata adopted the son of Ratanbai Daboo name

01) Naval H. Tata 

Naval Tata married to Soonoo Commisariat and had 2 Children :-

01) Ratan N. Tata –> The Chairman of Tata Group (1991 to dec 2012)

Ratan Tata became the Chairman of the Tata Group in 1981 after serving as Chairman in charge of the Nelco division of the group. Tata is India's largest conglomerate and includes the brands Tata Motors, Tata Steel, Tata Power, Indian Hotels, as well as other brands labeled under the Tata name. Ratan Tata was born on December 28, 1937 in Mumbai, India in one of the richest families in the country. His great grandfather, Jamsedji Tata, was the founder of the Tata group and passed the power and inheritance down to his family. Ratan Tata grew up in a broken household, however, after his parents split in the mid-1940s and he and his brother were raised by their grandmother, Lady Navajbai. He is parsi... Tata was a good student and studied hard at the Campion School in Mumbai followed by studies in architecture and structural engineering at Cornell University. He graduated with his bachelors degree in 1962 and joined the Tata Group in December of that same year. Tata's first job with the Group involved working with the Tata Steel division where he worked with the blue-collar employees shoveling stone and working with the furnaces. Although this original job was physically difficult, it helped Ratan Tata gain a better understanding and appreciation for the business and he gradually began taking on more responsibility. In 1971, Tata became Director-in-Charge of the National Radio & Electronics Company Limited (Nelco) in order to help its struggling finances. Ratan Tata helped build a better consumer electronics division but the economic recession and union strikes prevented his vision from taking hold. Tata was eventually moved to Empress Mills in 1977, a struggling textile mill within the Tata Group. Ratan Tata renewed the vision for the mill but the larger Tata Group was not in agreement with his advice. Instead, the mill was shut down and liquidated in 1986, to Tata's disappointment, and he was moved to the Tata Industries, another holding company. With Tata Industries, Ratan Tata was able to transform the management and vision of the division and bring in significantly larger dividends. This renewed financial success helped bring the Tata Group to the New York Stock Exchange and gave the company even more international power and prestige. Ratan Tata continued to acquire different industries for the Tata Group, eventually purchasing the steel an aluminum producer, Corus Group as well as Jaguar and Land Rover brands from the Ford Company. Ratan Tata lives a very private life in Mumbai, India as he never married. he has his retirement next year i.e dec,2012. 1937 Born in Mumbai on Dec 28. 1962 Completes BSc in architecture from Cornell University. 1962 Joins Tata Group. 1971 Appointed Director of The National Radio & Electronics (Nelco). 1974 Becomes a Director in Tata Sons. 1975 Completes management programme from Harvard Business School. 1977 Given charge of Empress Mills. 1981 Named Chairman of Tata Industries. 1984 Sale of Tomco 1991 Takes over as group chairman from JRD Tata.

The Tata Group has been at this inflection point twice earlier, and stepped back both times. 

Nearly 20 years later, Ratan Tata has achieved almost everything on his 1991 agenda. At Rs 3.46 lakh crore (Rs 3.46 trillion), Tata Group revenue is 40 times the 1991 level, while net profit has gone up four times.

02) Jimmy Tata

Naval Tata also married to Simone Dunoyer after his divorce and had a son :-

01) Noel Tata - The Half Brother (or) step brother of Ratan Tata. He married to Aloo Mistry, The daughter of Pallonji Shapporji Mistry, the Forbes Billionaire and 18.5% Stake holder in Tata Sons, the key holding Company of Tata Group.

Cyrus pallonji mistry -> Newly appointed Tata Sons deputy chairman

The board of directors of Tata Sons at its meeting today appointed Cyrus P Mistry as Deputy Chairman. He will work with Ratan N Tata over the next year and take over from him when Mr. Ratan Tata retires in December 2012.

Cyrus Pallonji Mistry (born July 4, 1968) is the younger son of Irish businessman, Pallonji Mistry. He is parsi. He has been appointed deputy chairman and chairman-designate of Tata Sons. Mistry will work with Ratan Tata for one year and take over in December 2012. Mistry graduated from the Imperial College, London with a BE in civil engineering and holds a master of science in management from the London Business School. He is a fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Apart from the Tata Group, he also serves as a director on the board of several other companies, including Shapoorji Pallonji & Co, Forbes Gokak, Afcons Infrastructure and United Motors (India).

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Nokia Lumia 800

specifications:

GENERAL	2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
	3G Network	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
	Announced	2011, October
	Status	Available. Released 2011, November

SIZE	Dimensions	116.5 x 61.2 x 12.1 mm, 76.1 cc
	Weight	142 g

DISPLAY	Type	AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	480 x 800 pixels, 3.7 inches (~252 ppi pixel density)
		- Gorilla Glass display - Nokia ClearBlack display - Multi-touch input method - Proximity sensor for auto turn-off - Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate - Touch-sensitive controls

SOUND	Alert types	Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes
	3.5mm jack	Yes

MEMORY	Phonebook	Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
	Call records	Yes
	Internal	16 GB storage, 512 MB RAM
	Card slot	No

DATA	GPRS	Class 33
	EDGE	Class 33
	3G	HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
	Bluetooth	Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
	Infrared port	No
	USB	Yes, microUSB v2.0

CAMERA	Primary	8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, dual-LED flash
	Features	Geo-tagging
	Video	Yes, 720p@30fps
	Secondary	No

FEATURES	OS	Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5 Mango
	CPU	1.4 GHz Scorpion processor, Adreno 205 GPU, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon chipset, 3D Graphics HW Acce
	Messaging	SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
	Browser	WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML5, RSS feeds
	Radio	Stereo FM radio with RDS
	Games	Yes + downloadable
	Colors	Black, Cyan, Magenta
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS support
	Java	No
		- MicroSIM card support only - SNS integration - Active noise cancellation with dedicated     mic - Digital compass - MP3/WAV/eAAC+/WMA player - MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player - Document viewer/editor - Video/photo editor - Voice memo/command/dial - Predictive text input

BATTERY		Standard battery, Li-Ion 1450 mAh (BV-5JW)
	Stand-by	Up to 265 h (2G) / Up to 335 h (3G)
	Talk time	Up to 13 h (2G) / Up to 9 h 30 min (3G)

kyocera EOS foldable phone

Kyocera EOS is an interesting cell phone that would appeal to those who are concerned with good looks and green technology at the same time. It is usually difficult to find both at the same time. The cell phone uses kinetic energy and can open up like a wallet.

It was designed by Susan Mckinney and comes with a soft, semi-rigid polymer skin and also OLED display. It can be folded for normal calls and when you unfold it, it shows an awesome wide screen. Thanks to an array of tiny piezoelectric generators, the cell phone creates more electric energy as you use it by converting the kinetic energy.

Nokia kinetic OLED bendable phone (flexible)

Nokia has shown us a truly incredible prototype in the form of its Nokia Kinetic bendable handset. Letting you fully control the phone by twisting and bending its chassis, this could be the most amazing prototype.

Nokia unveiled an OLED smart phone that is controlled by flexing the device with both hands. By bending corners and pushing sides inward and outward.

Built using flexible plastics, the Nokia Kinetic handset can be easily bent past the limits of any traditional phone, without causing damage to the chassis or screen. As well as making it one of the toughest smartphones around, it also delivers the most unique usability we’ve seen to date.

By twisting the Nokia Kinetic’s flexible chassis, you can scroll through your images and music without needing to touch the screen. Once you’ve found the photo or song you want, you can then stop twisting and bend the phone in the middle, to instantly open your photo onscreen or start the song playing.

With the song playing, you can then twist the handset again to turn the volume up or down, without ever needing to interact with the screen. The possibilities are fantastic, as you could easily leave the phone in your pocket and still control your multimedia files without even taking it out to view the display.

As the video suggest you can Twist forward to scroll through files and the twisting action controls the speed. The more you twist, the faster you scroll. Go too far and you simply twist back slowly until the file or contact you want is highlighted then, bend to action, or open the item on the menu. If your phone rings, simply hold it to your ear and squeeze to answer. What the use of this function when you can just touch and answer a call? Imagine, that you are in a cold country like Russia where your hands are always gloves covered at that time the touchscreen won’t work at that time just squeeze your phone and answer your call. The intention of this feature is not to replace the touchscreen, but it is multi-modal you can use anyone you want.

It also has a build in security function which would make the phone work when it recognizes your grip. By bending, twisting and touching the screen. You can perform one, two, three, possibly four actions simultaneously.

The applications for this type of gadget are limitless. It will be very easy to fit these devices into the curve of a car dashboard, for example. And the total lack of buttons will make it simple to waterproof these devices. It would make the devices like Kinetic will fit in your pocket perfectly because they will mould to your shape.