Intelligent Systems Report € February € 1997 € Volume 14 € No. 2
Thirty-five hardware, software and Internet providers -- including Microsoft, IBM, Intel, Oracle, Netscape and Silicon Graphics -- have banded together to form the VRML Consortium. This group is committed to developing the Virtual Reality Modeling Language into an open standard for interactive 3D content on the World Wide Web.
A snapshot of newsworthy events in the intelligent systems arena.
By applying three neural network models and real-time intelligent system software, Amoco Oil has been able to create a control system featuring soft sensor values for the crude oil compositions. The result: an estimated savings of more than $500,000 per year in recovered product.
Intergraph has launched Project Solomon to upgrade its customer support services by integrating its current system with case-based retrieval (CBR) technology to maintain its customer support help desk services.
Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Air Force are working together on a virtual manufacturing project to apply modeling and simulation technology during the design process to prove out and select optimal new concepts. The Air Force is investing $8.8 million in anticipation of a $3 billion lifecycle cost savings through the program.
An international consortium of automobile manufacturers -- including General Motors, Hyundai Motor, Kia Motors, Volvo, BMW, Ricardo, Eberspacher and Unipart -- are collaborating on a global project called KADOS (Knowledge-based Automated Design of Intake and Exhaust Systems).
A round-up of recently released applications utilizing intelligent technologies.
Reviews of current books dealing with intelligent systems.
A compilation of new product release information, ranging from neural networks and expert systems, to speech recognition and virtual reality.
A list of upcoming intelligent systems-related events.
NASA's Lewis Research Center is spearheading the Breakthrough Propulsion Physics program, involving an investigation into the potential of nanotechnology. NASA's long-range goal is to develop propulsion that could enable interstellar voyages.
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