Telling You What You Like (Los Angeles Times) Sep 21, 2005
" Preference engines are useful because they bubble to the surface a selection of items that otherwise would be overlooked. At Rhapsody, a digital music service offered by RealNetworks Inc., 90% of its database of more than 1 million songs are played at least once every month, thanks in part to the service's preference system. Researchers then wanted to see whether something as complex as taste for music, movies, books could be boiled down to a mathematical formula. "Human taste is complex, and... (RSS - Yahoo News - Top Stories)
Homeowners trying to sell Frank Lloyd Wright homes find it's not easy to find a buyer Jan 6, 2005
Ken Goldberg, a real estate agent trying to sell one of Wright's prairie homes built on Chicago's north side, said he expects a developer to purchase the 90-year-old structure. The asking price for the well-maintained house, which has been on the market for about six months, recently dropped from $2. (SFGate.com -- Travel & Recreation Breaking News)
Robotics Experts Predict Multi- Billion -Dollar Mobile Robot ... May 22, 2004
-- Ken Goldberg, artist and professor of engineering at UC Berkeley, who holds a doctorate in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University. -- Alec Hudnut, president of Evolution Robotics, which designed ER Vision software for the Sony Aibo robot pet. (Business Wire, CA)
The man who sold his brain Oct 27, 2003
" Buyer Ken Goldberg paid up only after getting guarantees from Jonathon that he could "check in on his brain periodically now I have a real interest". Always on his mind: An investor in Jonathon Keats' brain Optimistically perhaps, Keats took that as a periodic lunch invitation - something warmly welcomed by a struggling artist such as himself. Yet the sell-off is more than just a stunt, says Keats. "It brings up an interesting question as to why my neurons should be worth more than anybody... (BBC News, UK)
