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Issue 6	April 24, 2010
This newsletter is for thinking people who has any interest in Artificial Intelligence Welcome! Japan eyes 'mind-reading' devices, robots by 2020: Japan plans to develop "mind-reading" robots and consumer electronics that can be controlled by thought alone and hopes to market them within a decade, the Nikkei daily has reported. Read full story 'New Eye Driver technology the future of driving? Researchers at Berlin's Free University  announced they have developed new technology that lets drivers steer cars using only their eyes. Raul Rojas, an artificial intelligence researcher at the Institute of Computer Science, and his team from the Artificial Intelligence Group demonstrated how they can steer a specially equipped vehicle with one eye. A demonstration took place at the former Berlin Tempelhof Airport using a Dodge Caravan called Spirit of Berlin.   Read full story Brains, Worms and Computer Chips Have Striking Similarities The team of scientists from the U.S., the U.K., and Germany has uncovered novel quantitative organizational principles that underlie the network organizations of the human brain, high performance computer circuits, and the nervous system of the worm, known as nematode C. elegans. Read full story Computer Program Allows Car to Stay in Its Lane Without Human Control Researchers from North Carolina State University have created a computer program that allows a car to stay in its lane without human control, opening the door to the development of new automobile safety features and military applications that could save lives. Read full story   Fast Company Takes a Spin in VAIL's iPhone-Controlled Autonomous Vehicle Fast Company recently had the opportunity to take a spin in Junior 3, a robotic Volkswagen Passat that can  drive around and park itself without crashing. The valet parking-like system is the third version of a car that took second place in DARPA's 2007 Urban Challenge, a competition for autonomous cars to navigate city streets, follow traffic laws, and avoid blocks. Junior uses on-board sensors, hardware, and scarily accurate artificial intelligence software to maneuver itself. The whole thing can be started and stopped via an iPhone app. Read full story So, How Real Are Robots? Robots already fold clothes, watch children, feed older people, fight wars, surveil cities, dismantle bombs, answer questions from tourists, aid surgeons, clean floors and provide sexual companionship. And they're getting more complex all the time, says Noel Sharkey, professor of robotics and artificial intelligence at the University of Sheffield in the UK. Read full story Domestic Robot to Help Sick Elderly Live Independently LongerAdditional Information To enable elderly people to live at home as long as possible, a group of European researchers, coordinated from Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), will link robots and 'smart homes'. The robot, a 'sensible family friend', will ensure that home is a nice place to stay. And that patients do the right things. Read full story 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