Innovations in Applied Artificial Intelligence: 18th International Conference on Industrial and Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence ... Bari, Italy, June 22-24, 2005, Proceedings
DavePress (Free subscription) | yesterday
Awesomeness off of the internet for November 24th to November 27th: The dark side of the internet – "Fourteen years ago, a pasty Irish teenager with a flair for inventions arrived at Edinburgh University to study artificial intelligence and computer science. For his thesis project, Ian Clarke created "a Distributed, Decentralised Information Storage and Retrieval System", [...]...
Miscellania (Free subscription) | yesterday
In the 'deep web', Freenet software allows users complete anonymity as they share viruses, criminal contacts and child pornography. Andy Beckett The Guardian , Thursday 26 November 2009 Freenet means controversial information does not need to be stored in physical data havens such as this one, Sealand. Photograph: Kim Gilmour/Alamy Fourteen years ago, a pasty Irish teenager with a flair for inventions...
FOLDEN.INFO eMedia News (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
While preparing the update of the directory for next month, which in part will be about the mobile internet, I came across a most interesting mobile application. It is a VPA, a Virtual Personal Assistant, which seems to be a fixed term describing an innovative technology. Whereas it is still in a closed stage offering [...]
Brainicane (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
In the great media reshuffling ushered in by the Internet Age, print journalists have suffered the most from online journalism’s ascent. Broadcast journalists, however, may be the next group to feel technology’s cruel sting. Engineers at Northwestern University have created virtual newscasts that use artificial intelligence to collect stories, produce graphics and even anchor broadcasts...
Google Student Blog (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Jeff Cameron is the Google Student Ambassador at the University of Waterloo, where he studies Computer Science and Math. As part of his role as ambassador, he recently hosted a great event focused on Artificial Intelligence, and we wanted to share his story with you here. In the 2009 Artificial Intelligence Contest at the University of Waterloo, participants used both simple and sophisticated AI techniques...
SEO Blog and Entertainmet Blogger (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Quote: Dead Before Dawn 2009 ENG ADDON Genres: Action (Shooter) / 3D / 1st Person Interface Language: English Year: 2009 Platform: PC Game description: Continuation of the acclaimed shooter Left 4 Dead Body found in the user's continued campaign Dead Before Dawn.Kampaniya consists of 4 cards: The City, Crossroads Mall, Consumer World and The Escape. Improved absolutely everything: the texture, arms,...
The Speculist (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Phil Bowermaster and Stephen Gordon continue their discussion about the future of human and machine evolution: 1. What are the challenges faced in trying to develop a human-level artificial intelligence? 2. When do humans stop being human? 3. What will...
VentureBeat (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
For those of you awaiting the next generation of personal assistants, San Jose startup Siri, who’s product aims to be a virtual personal assistant (VPA), has just raised $15.5 million in round two funding from Menlo Ventures and Morgenthaler Ventures says VentureWire. Siri leverages speech-to-text technology and artificial intelligence to allow users to “just say what they want to do.”...
Science Daily (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Fat and muscle mass, as potentially determined by a person's ethnic background, may contribute to diabetes risk, according to a new study.
Science Daily (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Researchers have found that a program of pelvic floor muscle exercises, combined with pelvic health education, can be an effective way to manage urinary incontinence in elderly women.
Science Daily (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
In a new study, researchers report that a class of heart medications called beta-blockers can have a helpful, or harmful, effect on the heart, depending on their molecular activity.
advanced nanotechnology (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
There is an upcoming conference focused on the Synergy of Molecular Manufacturing and general Artificial Intelligence, which will alsocelebrate the 20th anniversary of the founding of Foresight. Brian Wang, nextbigfuture.com, will be one of the speakers at this conference. Several rapidly-developing technologies have the potential to undergo an exponential takeoff in the next few decades, causing...
Cool Science News (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
From Popular Mechanics: IBM has revealed the biggest artificial brain of all time, a simulation run by a 147,456-processor supercomputer that requires millions of watts of electricity and over 150,000 gigabytes of memory. The brain simulation is a feat for neuroscience and computer processing—but it's still one-eighty-third the speed of a human brain and is only as large as a cat's. Will we ever...
The Oasis Of My Soul (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
“The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.” [G.K. Chesterton] It is late and my packing is only still on paper. Meaning I phone. My whole Life, the "memory path" anyhow, is here, contained in these few gigabytes of artificial intelligence. I say "intelligence" because it [...]
Monkey in the Middle (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
1. Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.2. Don’t worry about what people think, they don’t do it very often.3. Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian anymore than standing in a garage makes you a car.4. Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.5. If you must choose between two evils, pick the one you’ve...
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