“By a vote of 655-554, Marshfield Town Meeting rejected lifting the town’s ban on coin-operated video games Monday night.

It has been 29 years since the people of Marshfield chased Donkey Kong out of town.

In the decades since the town banished video games from its restaurants and grocery stores, Pac Man and Tron have kept their distance and many have forgotten the debate that raged when the machines went dark.” via Wicked Local

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The world’s first interactive paper computer is set to revolutionize the world of interactive computing.

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“Computer networks that can’t forget fast enough can show symptoms of a kind of virtual schizophrenia, giving researchers further clues to the inner workings of schizophrenic brains, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and Yale University have found. 

The researchers used a virtual computer model, or “neural network,” to simulate the excessive release of dopamine in the brain. They found that the network recalled memories in a distinctly schizophrenic-like fashion.” 

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The NEA has changed their “Arts in Radio and Television” category to “Arts in Media,” allowing video games into the fold.

FY 2012 Arts in Media Guidelines via Geekosystem

The deadline is May 13.  Click here for rules and entry information.

“The plan is to develop a complete SoC design (System-on-Chip) and implement it into an ASIC-component, and then offer it back to the OpenCores community as a “super-low-cost” processor based SoC ASIC-component, that can be used to develop commercial products without any restrictions or royalties. A development board will also be developed using this OpenRISC-ASIC running Linux, enabling users to develop complete cost-efficient Linux based products.”

OpenCores via Dangerous Prototypes

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“Some people like to build their own computers. A smaller number like to modify them to boost the speed of the processor and make them more powerful.

Then there is an elite for whom building a modern PC is mere tinkering. Instead, they opt for the much more difficult task of building their own microprocessor from individual components.” from BBC News

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“Inventing is a great way to leave your mark on the world, but in some unfortunate circumstances, inventions have been known to leave the mark of death on their inventors.” from Neatorama

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Then check out this project:

Looks kinda hip, doesn’t it?

via Techland

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