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April 1997
Volume 14
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Virtual Reality
Enables Concurrent Engineering
This cover story examines the emerging networking strategy of
concurrent engineering, which allows different groups to create
individual parts of a design at different locations, and at different
stages of the design process. Virtual reality-based products from
Division, Deneb Robotics and Engineering Animation are adding a
higher level of interactivity, in the goal of reducing
time-to-market.
News Briefs
A snapshot of newsworthy events in the intelligent systems arena.
PAPNET Put to Work on Esophageal Cancer
Neuromedical Systems' PAPNET, a neural network-based diagnostic
system for identifying pre-cancerous cells on Pap smears, has been
adapted to detect and predict cancer of the esophagus.
GKIS Provides Global Access to Environmental
Technology
The Global Environmental Technology Network is an intelligent
agent-based Web application designed to help resolve worldwide
environmental problems. The Network has won the approval of the
United Nations.
Book Shelf
Reviews of current books dealing with intelligent systems.
Rockwell Develops Speech-Driven Wearable
Computer
Rockwell's Trekker 2020 wearable computer includes a speech
recognition component that allows manufacturing shop floor workers to
operate hands-free.
Rational Submits United Modeling Language
Proposal
Rational Software and a number of partners have submitted a visual
object modeling language proposal to the Object Management Group.
Intelligent Applications
A round-up of recently released applications utilizing intelligent
technologies.
Oil Industry Takes a "DeepLook" at Intelligent
Systems
DeepLook, an oil industry collaboration, is funding several R&D
efforts that use neural networks, fuzzy logic, genetic algorithms and
expert systems to find and recover more oil from existing
reservoirs.
Products
A compilation of new product release information, ranging from neural
networks and expert systems, to speech recognition and virtual
reality.
Calendar
A list of upcoming intelligent systems-related events.
Bell & Howell's Field Engineers Share
Automated Expertise
Bell & Howell's INSITE is an expert system-based field service
support application, deployed on a laptop.
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