Artificial Intelligence Around Us
Newsletter
Issue 4
March 22, 2010
This newsletter is for thinking people who has any interest in Artificial Intelligence
Welcome
Autodesk Unveils 2011 Versions of Its Digital Entertainment Creation
Software
Autodesk, Inc. has announced the latest versions of its Digital Entertainment Creation software for 3D modeling, animation, effects, rendering, compositing, digital sculpting and 3D painting. The 2011 versions offer new features and enhancements that help accelerate workflows and improve interoperability, helping artists to maximize their creativity and optimize their productivity. Autodesk has also launched new versions of Autodesk Kynapse and Autodesk HumanIK game development middleware, focused on improving ease of use.
Intel’s new game processor gives artificial intelligence in games a
boost
The new chip is based on Intel’s 32-nanometer manufacturing process, which produces chips that are faster, smaller and cheaper than prior versions. It has six processing cores, or computing brains, and each core is capable of processing two pieces of code at once. Intel says it is ideal for tasks such as digital content creation, 3-D rendering, multitasking and gaming.
Artificial Life Announces Fiscal Year 2009 Results
For the year 2009, Artificial Life sold over 12 million licenses for its mobile Java games worldwide. 2009 also saw significant growth in the market for iPhone games and applications, and though a relative newcomer to the iPhone market, Artificial Life became one of the leading iPhone publishers. The Company had over 10 million game downloads globally and 70% of its games achieved a top-10 ranking, 46% a top-5 ranking, and 33% of the games even reached a #1 ranking on Apple's download charts in many countries around the globe.
Darpa Wants Self-Guiding, Storytelling
Cameras
The Pentagon’s research agency DARPA is kicking off a new program to turn everyday cameras into autonomous ‘bots (robots) with problem-solving smarts.
McGraw-Hill
Education Announces ALEKS 360, Combining Powerful Artificial Intelligence
and Personalized Learning with Interactive e-Books
ALEKS 360 acts much like a skilled human tutor, delivering precise assessments of students' math knowledge, guiding them in the selection of appropriate new study material, and recording their progress toward mastery of course goals. Through adaptive questioning, ALEKS accurately assesses a student's knowledge state and delivers targeted instruction on the exact topics a student is most ready to learn. College and university case studies have shown that ALEKS has increased pass rates by more than 20 percentage points versus traditional online homework systems, and by more than 30 percentage points compared to using a textbook alone.
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GM Develops Augmented Reality Windshield
A new "enhanced vision system" from General Motors could help drivers by highlighting landmarks, obstacles and road edges on the windshield in real-time. Such a system can point out to drivers potential hazards, such as a running animal, even in foggy or dark conditions, GM says.
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How the FCC's new national broadband plan is expected to affect
consumersThe Federal Communications Commission announced it slong-awaited plan to bring broadband Internet connections to every homeand business in the United States.It is aimed at raising the portionof people with high-speed Internetconnections to 90 percent, from thecurrent 65 percent, over the nextdecade.
New Book
Artificial Intelligence is already here, according to Artificial Intelligence Around Us (ISBN 978-1-58909-666-4), an intriguing and insightful new book just released by Bookstand Publishing.
"Artificial intelligence is already upon us," says author and researcher Dr. Yuri Iserlis. "It not just something coming in the distant future. Every day, we enjoy the fruits of the work being done in this field, yet we are hardly aware of it. In fact, AI systems are everywhere around us, and many of these we encounter on a routine basis in our daily lives. This book is intended to give the reader a better understanding what is currently going on around us, and why."
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