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AUTOFACT 97
Report: Virtual Manufacturing Has Become a
Reality
This show review filed from the AUTOFACT 97 show in Detroit
looks at the emerging trends of virtual manufacturing and
concurrent engineering. Among the companies actively using
these intelligent technologies are Ford Motor, ABB Flexible
Automation, Rover Group and General Motors.
Calendar
A list of upcoming intelligent systems-related
events.
Book
Shelf
Reviews of current books dealing with intelligent
systems.
Intelligent
Applications
A round-up of recently released applications
utilizing intelligent technologies.
Products
A compilation of new product release information,
ranging from virtual reality to fuzzy logic software to
knowledge discovery tools.
Deneb Launches Virtual
Manufacturing Project with Intelligent Agents
Deneb Robotics has been awarded a $2.3 million
contract from NIST to develop the Agent Network for Task
Scheduling and Execution. This agent-based project is
designed to improve on existing factory scheduling systems.
News Briefs
A snapshot of newsworthy events in the intelligent
systems arena.
Researchers Create 3D Brain-Mapping
Technology
Scientists have created a new brain-mapping technique that
allows them to convert brain scan data into animated 3D
images that show what parts of the brain "light up" during
mental activity.
WebChaperone Helps Parents Screen
Out Adult Web Content
WebCo has developed intelligent Content Recognition
Technology, that allows the WebChaperone browser to rapidly
find, analyze and make judgments about information found on
the Web. Users will be able to screen out undesired web
sites and content.
Virginia Power Adopts Smart
Solution for Utility Design
Virginia Power has adopted an intelligent solution in an
effort aimed at reducing design time and construction costs
of electrical systems.
NASA and Stanford Establish
Biocomputation Center
The Stanford University School of Medicine has become the
home for a NASA-sponsored national biocomputation center in
which researchers will apply virtual reality technology to
the practice of medicine.
BellSouth Offers Customized
Intelligent Web Services
BellSouth has begun offering its customers an intelligent
software-based service, called Solution Advisor, to provide
customized telecommunications solutions over the Web.
Robotic Parking Develops a Fuzzy
Parking System
Robotic Parking has been awarded a U.S. patent for its fuzzy
logic-based Modular Automated Parking System, which
simultaneously parks and retrieves multiple vehicles on one
or more garage floors.
SRI and MBL Develop
EcoCyc
EcoCyc, co-developed by SRI International and Marine
Biological Lab, is an AI-based encyclopedia that reflects
the metabolic pathways of the E. coli microorganism, and is
expected to lead to faster develop of therapeutics.
IBM and Sun Team Up to Help
Disabled Surf the Web
IBM has developed speech recognition software aimed at
helping blind computer users access the Internet, using Java
software developed by Sun.
Consortium Launches Web
Accessibility Initiative
The World Wide Web Consortium has launched an initiative to
promote and achieve Web functionality for people with
disabilities. The initiative will rely on such technologies
as speech recognition and automatic translation software.
First Databank's Prescription for
Success: BestDose
First Databank has developed BestDose, an intelligent
application that configures drug dosing and prescription
information using business rules.
Gensym Launches Internet/Intranet
Strategy
Intelligent system vendor Gensym has initiated a four-phase
plan to release products leveraging Internet-based
technologies, including ActiveX, Java and CORBA.
MIT Launches AI Research Program
with Cluster Computer
MIT has begun using the Pleiades cluster computer to
conduct research in machine learning, smart text retrieval
and visual object recognition.
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