Several audio recordings of talks from AC2005 are now available at IT Conversations

via Wired

At the University of Arizona, a psychology laboratory devotes its time to investigating “dynamic info-energy systems” and a “survival of consciousness hypothesis.” University of Virginia cardiologists have been studying whether heart patients enter “transcendental environments” in the operating room. Meanwhile, a psychiatrist colleague compiles records of alleged “transmigration” events from around the world.

via MSNBC

Miniature bots can even correct their own mistakes

Inspired by biological systems, scientists have developed miniature robots that can self-assemble using parts that float randomly in their environments. The robots also know when something is amiss and can correct their own mistakes.