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Issue 12	August 6, 2010
This newsletter is for thinking people who has any interest in Artificial Intelligence Welcome! Robot Toyota lift truck performs unmanned tasks Researchers at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, along with a team of engineers, have transformed a Toyota 8-Series lift truck into an autonomous bot capable of working alongside human supervisors using voice commands or hand gestures. Read full story   Book Review: Business Intelligence Success Factors The author presents a whole series of insights aimed at streamlining system processes. Some of the human elements in the equation include attentiveness, letting go of inner clamor/noise, deferring to others, honoring boundaries, suspending judgment until reviewing facts and clarifying intentions.   Read full story Free summer reading - Robotics, AI and UX Springer has provided free access to three interesting journals: The International Journal of Social Robotics, Evolutionary Intelligence, Journal on Multimodal User Interfaces. Two special issues are available until the 31st August and one journal is free to access till the end of the year.. Read full story Google and the CIA to invest in the future Google and the CIA announced a joint venture with an internet company named "Recorded Future". a company that claims it could foresee the future based on analyzing current data ... Read full story Dominate the World One City at a Time With IConquer 4 iConquer 4's new high- resolution maps of major cities like London, New York, and Paris were crafted from more than 50 megapixels of satellite imagery, according to KavaSoft. These detailed maps allow you to conquer the cities one neighborhood at a time with block-by-block precision. Read full story Sussex man makes robot comedian If you ever run out of jokes, or questions for the pub quiz, then Crowborough inventor Toni Ellis might be able to help you. Toni has invented AIMEC - a robot, which can recognise human life, tell a joke and even read the news. AIMEC (Artificial intelligence mechanical electrical companion) costs £20,000 to make and is about the height of a six year old child. Read full story  Artificial intelligence learns from poker bluff The Carnegie Mellon University(CMU) team created an algorithm that was able to read many situations that could occur based on the sequence of cards being dealt from the deck, what the opponents' cards might be and what betting sequence could occur. The work could lead to the use of artificial intelligence in real-world applications such as negotiating and bargaining, said Tuomas Sandholm, who led the CMU team.   Read full story High- Tech  Academy open a new Class: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Read full Ad TelenoId R1: Hiroshi Ishiguro's Newest and Strangest Android Japanese roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro has just unveiled a new teleoperated android: a strange robotic creature called the Telenoid R1.   Ishiguro and his collaborators say the idea was to create a teleoperated robot that could appear male or female, old or young, and that could be easily transported. Read full story High- Tech  Academy open a new Class: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Read full Ad To subscribe  or  unsubscribe to this newsletter Contact Us. Don't forget to write your email address to unsubscribe To   read  previous issues of Newsletter  click here