Intelligent companies woo Wall Street
Not since the artificial intelligence (AI) heydays of the mid-1980s have the number of intelligent systems company initial public offerings (IPOs) reached such a high level as they did in the last quarter of 1995. ISR Editor David Blanchard takes stock of the current IPO frenzy in AI and offers his assessment.
News Briefs
A snapshot of newsworthy events in the intelligent systems arena.
Automated support on the rise
A look at how intelligent help desk systems at the corporate level have emerged as one of the "killer applications" long anticipated for the artificial intelligence industry.
AUTOFACT '95: Manufacturers want more power and smarts
The increasing influence of virtual reality and 3-D simulation, as well as intelligent software, has dramatically changed the state of the art in manufacturing technology. As demonstrated at the AUTOFACT '95 show, manufacturers are tapping into these new capabilities and pushing the envelope of possibilities.
How (and how not) to market VR
The usefulness of virtual reality in the future of industry appears secure. But to get the word out about the potential for the technology's, as of yet, little used industrial applications, marketing of the application needs to be revisited and revised. This article looks at how some virtual reality developers are successfully marketing their capabilities to industry.
EAI develops a "Virtual Human"
The Virtual Human database, for use in CD-ROM and virtual reality applications, has applications at all levels of education, from grade school through advanced medical training.
Ford opens VR lab
Ford Motor Co. has opened a virtual reality and advanced visual engineering facility for developing tools and advanced visual engineering.
Intelligent Applications
A round-up of recently released applications utilizing intelligent technologies.
Book Shelf
Reviews of current books, videos and CD-ROMS dealing with intelligent systems.
Products
A compilation of new product release information, ranging from neural networks and expert systems, to speech recognition and virtual reality.
Calendar
A listing of upcoming intelligent systems-related events.
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