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Cathy Hutchinson has been unable to move her own arms or legs for 15 years. But using the most advanced brain-machine interface ever developed, she can steer a robotic arm towards a bottle, pick it up, and drink her morning coffee. The interface includes a sensor implanted in Cathy’s brain, which ‘reads’ her thoughts, and a decoder, which turns her thoughts into instructions for the robotic arm. In this video, watch Cathy control the arm and hear from the team behind the pioneering study

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43 opponents have tried and 43 opponents have failed. If you wanted excitement in the Mayweather- Cotto fight, you got it. If you wanted raw power, you got it. Hell if you wanted to see Justin Bieber holding the title belts, you got that too. Floyd Mayweather proved it tonight that he is still pound for pound the best boxer in the world. He defeated Miguel Cotto by decision.  Cotto fought a hard and tough match but Floyd's defense and his upper cuts came too much for Cotto to handle.

One of Mayweather's dominating punches  in the fight was the right hand. Floyd tried to hit Cotto directly to Cotto's face but it was not effective. That is when Floyd hit Cotto overhead right hand which landed cleanly to Cotto's left side of the head. From that shot he was able to hit Cotto with effective uppercuts. Don't count Cotto out. He was able to be effective by landing the jab and getting Mayweather in the corner which he was able to hit some body shots. He even drew first blood by being effective with head-shot to Mayweather.

But in the end, Mayweather was too smart, too strong and too good for Cotto. Two judges scored the bout 117 - 111 for Mayweather and the last judge scored it 118 - 111 for Mayweather as well. Mayweather is estimated to make close to $40 million dollars for the fight. Maybe he can take some of that money and make the mega-fight happen with Manny Pacquiao.

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We may actually see the new Xbox 720 earlier than expected. There had been numerous rumors about the launch date of the next generation of Xbox, but IGN reported Thursday that the assembling of the new Microsoft game console has already begun in Austin, Texas Branch of Flextronics.

According to the report, the manufacturer of Xbox 360 has finished a testing of marketing, software, and hardware of the next console. With the conclusion of the testing phase, the electronic company started building the new hardware, dubbed "Durango", as IGN reports.

Xbox 720 has been on the hot seat for various rumors. One of the rumors is an equipping of AMD's latest 6670 chip that supports DirectX11, multi-display, 3D, and others. The console is also rumored to have more powerful technologies, such as Kinect. Skype, which Microsoft acquired last year, has also been linked to be integrated with the new console. Another is that Xbox 720 plans to feature a 16 core CPU powered by IBM, making it a hardware behemoth even amongst high end PCs.

According to Xbox World magazine, the extra processors would offer mind blowing graphics and enough firepower to support Microsoft's next gen of Kinect games.  If this is the case, then Xbox 720 will have the capability to have its motion controllers and sensors details track players down to their fingertips.

Its  new processors will mean faster running time for shaders that render 3D objects.  That amounts to enhanced gameplay with realistic looking graphics and minimized loading times. IGN expected that the hardware being assembled now are for game developers.

The date of the release has not been reported.  Microsoft has clearly stated that a new console will not be at the upcoming E3 video game conference, so we may have to wait a while to see it actually be available in the market. Xbox competitor Nintendo will be looking to make a splash with the debut of its next-gen Wii U console at this year's E3.

Nintendo Wii U and PlayStation 4 Orbis are speculated to have their launch before the Xbox 720.

Microsoft has been also rumored to plan a $99 game console, but we don't know at this point whether the two are related. The $99 price could be associated with the existing Xbox 360 and its Kinect peripheral services or a watered down Xbox 360 console. In a report from Forbes, the Xbox 720 was once rumored to carry a hefty $500 price tag, considering all the advanced hardware capabilities it holds.

Check out the final episode of HBO’s hit series 24/7 featuring Floyd Mayweather vs. Miguel Cotto. On Saturday, May 5th, Floyd Mayweather will step into the ring with Miguel Cotto for the WBA super welterweight title. Who do you think is going to win?

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‘When I saw him lying there I just thought, ‘What a bastard,” the scorned lover said

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Check out the latest installment of HBO’s 24/7 match-up between Undefeated Boxer Floyd Mayweather (42-0-0) and Miguel Cotto (37-2-0). Their main event match will be on May 5th on HBO at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV.

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Just when you think The Chicago Bulls had all the pieces and health of their players on the court Saturday, injury keeps setting them back from potentially winning a championship this year . The biggest injury came from their star point guard Derrick Rose, who suffered a Torn ACL in the final minute of the 4th quarter.

Rose crumbled to the ground after he drove the lane with about 1:20 left and the Bulls leading by 12. He was going for a layup when he came to a jump-stop and seemed to change his mind as the 76ers’ Spencer Hawes and Lavoy Allen rotated over, passing off to a teammate before an awkward landing. Rose was taken to the hospital where they took an MRI on his knee which feared the worst.

Some have questioned Chicago Bulls Head coach, Tom Thibodeau, decision to keep Rose on the court for the final minutes since the game was already won by the bulls. The earliest Derrick Rose could be back on the court would be next year’s playoffs in the 2012-2013 season.

Microsoft revealed the new logo for its highly anticipated OS for Windows 8. Microsoft changed the logo from traditional  flag  users have come to love in the last 20 years to four blue windows. The new logo is a slightly angled blue block with a thin white cross in the middle, making it look like a window instead of the four-color wavy flag in the past.The new logo is designed by Paula Scher from the Pentagram Design Agency, whose notable works include the Citibank logo. But many critics have mixed feelings on the change of the logo.

As expected critics weighted in on Microsoft new change to the logo. Some of them are not trilled with the new design.

“It’s a simple one-color logo that emphasizes Windows 8′s simple design, but it’s so bland that it doesn’t convey anything important about the new OS,” Ludwig writes.

“I think it’s very appropriate to have 4 Blue Screens of Death coming right toward you. Pretty much captures my Windows experience, anyway,” writes Forbes E.D Kain

To take a page a line from  Jay -Z  “What’s $50,000 to a guy like me can you please remind me?” That’s kinda what Microsoft did with a new logo. Can you please remind me when was the last time you bought a new Windows computer because it had a sticker that had a nice flag on it? I don’t care what logo Microsoft has. What I care about is that Windows 8 works. Do you remember Windows Vista? I bet people ran to buy it because it has a nice logo too right?

What I care about Windows 8 is not the logo but if can make a splash in the tablet market.  It’s already late to the party and Apple is about to Debut its iPad 3 in March. I really don’t care about Windows 8′s new logo. What I want from Windows 8 is that it can run on low-end computer, doesn’t hog memory, and has backward compatibility drivers.I care that the OS will actually work. If Windows 8 is successful, then everyone who bad mouth the software giant will turn around and bow down to them.