Artificial Intelligence  Around Us
Newsletter
Issue 5	April 5, 2010
This newsletter is for thinking people who has any interest in Artificial Intelligence Welcome Click hereClick here Japanese robotics researcher Hiroshi Ishiguro is continuing his quest to build androids that look and behave as close to human as possible. After creating an android copy of his young daughter, a TV celebrity and  himself , earlier today he announced that he has created a new state-of-the-art android called Geminoid F. Click here Mars Rover Upgraded With AI Software NASA announced  that one of its Mars rovers, Opportunity, had been upgraded with artificial intelligence (AI) software that will enable the rover to determine whether to stop and analyze rocks as it traverses the surface of the Red Planet. The software now onboard Opportunity, has been under development for several years at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Click here Grand Unified Theory Of AI A new way to model thought, developed by MIT research scientist Noah Goodman, could have broad implications for both AI and cognitive science Click here                    LINKIN PARK Announces the Release of "LINKIN PARK 8-BIT REBELLION!" Mobile Game With Artificial Life, Inc Two-time Grammy winning rock band LINKIN PARK and Artificial Life, Inc.  have announced the upcoming release of "LINKIN PARK 8-BIT REBELLION!," a groundbreaking game app for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Click here Microsoft patents 'guardian angel' idea for intelligent personal agent Microsoft has been granted a patent on an "intelligent personal agent" that could predict a user's wants and actions. If the user is at a shopping mall and the software's artificial intelligence knows it's lunchtime, the "guardian angel" could search for nearby restaurants that serve the user's preferred foods, choose a cuisine based on the user's recent meals, check for seating availability, and make lunch reservations. Click here   Honda, ATR and Shimadzu Jointly Develop Brain-Machine Interface Technology Enabling Control of a Robot by Human Thought Alone Honda Research Institute Japan Co., Ltd., Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International  and Shimadzu Corporation have collaboratively developed the world’s first*1 Brain Machine Interface (BMI) technology that uses electroencephalography (EEG) and near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) along with newly developed information extraction technology to enable control of a robot by human thought alone. Click here   Playing 'Pong' With the Blink of an Eye The students, from Imperial College London have developed a computer game that is operated by eye movements, which could allow people with severe physical disabilities to become 'gamers' for the first time. Click here   To   read  previous issues of Newsletter  Click here Click here To subscribe  or  unsubscribe to this newsletter Click here Don't forget to write your email address to unsubscribe