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JUNE 2008
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June 24, 2008:
CCTV cameras 'taught to listen'.
BBC News, Tuesday, 24 June 2008. "CCTV cameras which use artificial intelligence software are being developed
to "hear" sounds like windows smashing, researchers have revealed. ..The existing software is sophisticated enough to identify minor visual cues such as whether a car aerial is up or more complex activity such as violent behaviour, researchers said.
Dr David Brown, from the University of Portsmouth, said: "The visual-recognition software will be able to identify visual patterns but for the next stage we want to get the camera to pivot if it hears a certain type of sound. ...
"The longer artificial intelligence is in the software the more it learns.".quot;
June 20, 2008:
Artificial intelligence: God help us if machines ever think like people. Charles Arthur, guardian.co.uk, Friday June 20, 2008. "Why don't I like the idea of a human-like computer? Am I creating a silicon ceiling beneath which I'm trying to keep our processing friends? Actually, no. I just think that humans are a terrible example to follow if you want to develop something that's conscious – which is generally what these efforts to create "human-like" systems are really about: to reach the point where the machine says "I am", and everyone falls about, stunned."
June 18, 2008:
Why IT sucks at being a law hound. Suzanne Tindal, ZDNet.com.au, 18 June 2008 11:21 AM "Discovering necessary evidence will increasingly move into the realm of artificial intelligence. "The more your software can target you to the key information, the less the review will cost," she said, but until then, lawyers must delve into the muck themselves, potentially using an in-house technical team."
® Applications
June 18, 2008:
Student Develops Picture Location Technology.
KDKA News, June 18, 2008. "A Carnegie Mellon University graduate student and his professor are ... developing a computer program that would be able to identify the location in a photograph it has never been exposed to before.
The technology is still in its infancy, but the idea is to be able to take any photograph, scan it into a computer and have the computer identify where that photo was taken anywhere in the world. Picture Location Video (02:55)."
® Vision
June11, 2008:
Real racing in the virtual world. Jonathan Fildes , Science and technology reporter, BBC News, 6/11/08. " For any Formula One fan the chance to race against their heroes would be a dream come true. ... "It's clear that the next trend in gaming is going to be bringing real objects into the virtual world; playing not against other gamers but people doing the real thing," said Andy Lurling, founder of iOpener Media. The patented system his company is developing sucks in real-time GPS data from racing events and pumps it out to compatible games consoles and PCs. The idea is that you could pit yourself against the top drivers in the world, as it happens, from the comfort of your living room. ... [I]t will provide some software; specifically an artificial intelligence (AI) program to make sure that the virtual and real worlds blend seamlessly. "If Hamilton is driving behind you he can't see you [in the game], so he would drive right through you," explained Mr Lurling. "So the AI takes over at that point and you see a very realistic overtaking."
The system also handles the results of in-game collisions between real and virtual drivers."
® Education, Games
June 4, 2008:
Sandra Day O'Connor: Game Designer. Chris Baker, Wired Blog Network, June 4, 2008. "Delivering the keynote address Wednesday at the annual Games For Change conference at Parsons The New School For Design, O'Connor detailed a project she is spearheading called Our Courts, which she described as an "online, interactive civic education project for seventh- and eighth-graders" that familiarizes students with the legal system. ... alongside University of Wisconsin-Madison professor James Paul Gee to create Our Courts, which will begin rolling out in September 2009. The game "lets students engage in real issues and real problems," O'Connor said. It will allow them to "step into the shoes of a judge, a legislator, an executive -- teach them how to think through and analyze problems, take action and voice opinions to their elected representatives.""
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June 2, 2008:
$105 million estimate for [NZ] Customs overhaul.
Tom Pullar-Strecker, The Dominion Post, Monday, 02 June 2008. "[NZ] Customs' chief information officer Peter Rosewarne said last year that the new system should cut the red tape for both freight and passengers.
It may do away with the need for departure and arrivals cards for passengers and would see sophisticated technologies such as neural networking and artificial intelligence used to assess risks to border security."
® Applications
VIDEOS
June 22, 2008.
Video: 'Lovable' robot. 4:52 [CNN - 6/22/08] "She's cute, she's Japanese and she's a robot. CNN's Anjoli Rao talks with WowWee's Davin Sufer about the "lovable" robot."
® Robots
June 18, 2008.
Video: Robots for hire show skills. 1:17 [AP via CNN / June 18, 2008] "With help from a walking service robot, four Japanese companies unveil a partnership to expand the robot market."
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