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Strategic Partnership Announced Between AIS and DFKI Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 1:15AMABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, March 5, 2010/PRNewswire/ -- Advanced Integrated Systems (AIS) and the German Research Institute for the Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) will work together on integrated solutions for civil safety and security, it was announced today.
Hamilton Science Majors Judge the Clinton Middle School's Annual Science Fair Projects Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 10:42PMA few Hamilton students relived their middle school days last weekend by judging the Clinton Middle School science fair.
Naughty Bear Hands-on Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 7:58PMNaughty Bear (X360) It's good to be bad in A2M's interesting take on teddies.
Movie Review: A Serious Man Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 5:32PMA bit of austere craziness with a spiritual twist.
Strategic Partnership for a Safe Future: Cooperation of TZS and DFKI - Official Launch in the Context of 'Future Talk ... Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 5:14PMBERLIN, March 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Technology provider TZS and the German Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) in future will embark on research and development projects within the framework of a joint venture.
3D printing changing prosthetics forever Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 4:38PMFor industrial designer Scott Summit, the ability to make perfectly fitted, custom prosthetics is a major goal. But 3D printing is also changing the industry for one-off lamps, shoes and more.
MVT lands 'Avenue Q,' 'August: Osage County' for 2010-2011 Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 3:01PMManoa Valley Theatre will be one of the theatres in the country to receive independent licensing to put on "Avenue Q" and "August: Osage County" as part of its 2010-2011 season.
EMac: Tired of Bailout Nation? Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 12:58PMTo add jobs, businesses need customers and capital, but businesses and banks are sitting on record piles of cash because they are panicked about new taxes and regulations coming out of Washington, for health reform, for cap and trade (health and energy are huge sectors of the US economy, about a third).
'Tron: Legacy' director: 'We are on a new server now' Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 12:55PMIs there a hidden Mickey Mouse head in the new film? Joseph Kosinski has the important answers - or not. Is there a hidden Mickey Mouse head in the new film? Joseph Kosinski has the important answers - or not.
CUNA Renews Strategic Alliance with Verafin Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 12:48PMMADISON, WI and ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR--(Marketwire - 03/05/10) - Verafin Inc., a leading provider of compliance , anti-money laundering ( AML ), and fraud detection software, today announced that CUNA Strategic Services has extended its relationship with Verafin for five years. This new contract builds on a successful three year strategic alliance that helped drive Verafin to the ...
GeckoSystems to Discuss Expansion Capabilities of CareBots(TM) at "Mobile Robots in Motion" Conference Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 11:19PMCONYERS, GA--(Marketwire - March 3, 2010) - GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. ( PINKSHEETS : GCKO ) ( http://www.geckosystems.com/ ) announced today that they will be discussing and demonstrating the realization of their long time design goals for mobile service robot expandability, extensibility, and non-obsolescence of their "Mobile Robot Solutions for Safety, Security and ...
Harlan: In the Shadow of 'Jew Süss' (2009) Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 9:50PMThe director Veit Harlan, center, on the set of “The Great King,” from the documentary “Harlan — In the Shadow of ‘Jew Süss.’”
Geeky Clues Suggest Portal Sequel Is Coming Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 9:23PMsuggest that we haven’t seen the last of renegade artificial intelligence GLaDOS and the game that made her famous. It all started when Valve announced that it would be patching its 3-year-old ...
Using YouTube to get into college Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 8:58PMThe college application process has bridged the gap to the new century through use of the video site YouTube. This year, Tufts University invited applicants to submit short videos about themselves as a supplement to their application, a component that has not yet been explored by Elon University.
Geeky Clues Suggest 'Portal' Sequel Is Coming Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 8:01PMIs evil computer system GLaDOS rebooting? Hidden messages placed in a cryptic patch give gamers plenty to chew on as they search for answers.
Commander: Demand for NECC units remains high - Navy News, news from Iraq - Navy Times Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 4:16PMVIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The planned withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan may ease, but will not diminish, the high demand for Navy Expeditionary Combat Command, Navy and NECC leaders said Tuesday at the fourth annual Naval Expeditionary Forces Symposium and Expo held here.
Products in review / March 2010 OE Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 2:38PMDynamic Drilling Systems (DDS) is gearing up to begin production; In a joint initiative with operator Woodside Energy, Fugro Survey and Hafmynd Ehf have successfully run; Subsea emergency breakaway technology patented in 2006 and now being used for the first time in the North Sea is said to offer offshore operators; A newly launched top-coat and adhesive polyolefin materials for three-layer ...
MoD sidelines pvt sector in crucial defence project Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 1:15PMThe Ministry of Defence is poised to deliver a disheartening blow to India’s nascent private defence industry. After inviting private companies into the Rs 10,000-crore project for developing the Indian Army’s futuristic Tactical Communications System (TCS), the ministry is abandoning competitive bidding and handing over the project to a defence public sector undertaking, Bharat Electronics Ltd ...
The Filter Recommendation Engine Launched on Dailymotion to Further Boost User Engagement Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 7:50AMNEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - March 2, 2010) - The Filter , the leading white-label provider of recommendation and relevance systems and the vision of Grammy-Award winning musician and digital pioneer, Peter Gabriel, today announced a new commercial agreement with Dailymotion, one of the world's largest video entertainment websites. Through this new partnership, The Filter will deliver video-to ...
iRobot CEO to Speak at Raymond James 31st Annual Institutional Investors Conference Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 7:30AMBEDFORD, Mass.----iRobot Corp. today announced that Colin Angle, iRobot’s chairman and chief executive officer, will discuss the company’s achievements and financial outlook at the Raymond James 31st Annual Institutional Investors Conference being held at the JW Marriott Grande Lakes in Orlando, Fla. at 3:25 p.m.
The Filter Recommendation Engine Launched on Dailymotion to Further Boost User Engagement Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 7:30AMNEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - 03/02/10) - The Filter , the leading white-label provider of recommendation and relevance systems and the vision of Grammy-Award winning musician and digital pioneer, Peter Gabriel, today announced a new commercial agreement with Dailymotion, one of the world's largest video entertainment websites. Through this new partnership, The Filter will deliver video-to-video ...
At Singularity University, blowing minds and taking meetings Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 6:02AMFor one student at the elite institution, learning from thought leaders in a series of exponentially growing technologies will likely lead to a rich future helping to change the world.
Revolutionary New Fraud Prevention Technology to Transform the Internet Marketing Industry Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 2:11AMFraud Shield Online Accurately and Instantaneously Assesses the Validity of an Internet Online Order. (PRWeb Mar 2, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/FraudShieldOnline/March_2_2010/prweb3665264.htm
Revolutionary New Fraud Prevention Technology to Transform the Internet Marketing Industry Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 1:00AMFraud Shield Online Accurately and Instantaneously Assesses the Validity of an Internet Online Order.
NCKU Prof. Yau-Hwang Kuo Developed Smart Interactive TV Platform Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 11:42PMTAINAN, Taiwan----Dr. Yau-Hwang Kuo, professor with the Department of Information Engineering of National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, has developed innovative entertainment systems which will enhance the living quality and safety standards of the elders.
Napoleon: Total War Review [PC] Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 8:48PMThis Napoleonic strategy game isn't as revolutionary as its namesake, but it still improves upon previous Total War offerings.
Interactive Gameplay Meets Real World Robotics Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 6:57PMI’m crazy about gadgets, robots and toys…. so when Robonica put all three together and came up with the Roboni-i Robotic Gaming System, I had to have a closer look! It’s the ...
Covington Capital Completes Investment in Aimetis Corp. Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 2:39PMCovington Capital Corporation is pleased to announce the completion of a CDN$2.5 million investment in Waterloo-based Aimetis Corp. as part of a total financing round of $5 million.
X Prizes sets its sights on next challenges Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 6:02AMThe organization that set private space travel a flight will soon roll out its five-year plan. But its chairman says there are a few likely competitions in the works that could change the world.
Study compares advertising tactics between indoor tanning and tobacco industries to market unhealthy products Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 5:20AMWhile the proven negative health consequences of smoking and tanning are undeniable, tobacco and indoor tanning advertisers would like consumers to think otherwise. In fact, a new study comparing the tactics used in advertising tobacco and indoor tanning products found several similarities in how these two industries market unhealthy products.
Caprica: There Is Another Sky Review Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 7:11PM Now this is pod racing. Caprica delivers the best episode of the year so far: a fascinating exploration of the boundaries between men and machines, and the way those boundaries blur and distort until they become irrelevant. It returns to the creative wellspring of the pilot...
Making a whale into a killer Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 5:39PMIn the wake of the SeaWorld attack, an expert explains how captivity drives orcas crazy -- and can turn them deadly
Transforming Research Roles Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 12:27PMResearch titles at media agencies used to be simple. “Head of research” pretty much said it all. But today, there is a whole new crop of titles populating research department org charts at media agency shops: “marketing accountability,” “consumer insights,” “analytics,” “business intelligence” and “marketing science.”
Mythology mash-up enlivens Homer Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 9:16AMTo this day, the Trojan Horse stands out as a ruse to beat all ruses. The hollow statue filled with Greek soldiers is rolled into ancient Troy as a peace offering.
Depression's Upside Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 4:31AMJONAH LEHRER Is there an evolutionary purpose to feeling really sad?
Mythology mash-up enlivens Homer's tales Saturday, February 27, 2010 @ 11:31PMTo this day, the Trojan Horse stands out as a ruse to beat all ruses. The hollow statue filled with Greek soldiers is rolled into ancient Troy as a peace offering.
Getting all listy and misty with it Saturday, February 27, 2010 @ 3:00PMMaking lists (unless they are lists of things to do — and, therefore, of things that will never get done) is one of my favourite parlour games.
Oklahoma City philharmonic salutes great music from movies Saturday, February 27, 2010 @ 10:20AMFor more than a century, Hollywood has entertained moviegoers with epic tales set in exotic lands ("Lawrence of Arabia,” "The Bridge on the River Kwai”), sweeping love stories ("Gone With the Wind,” "Out of Africa”), children’s classics ("The Wizard of Oz,” " Mary Poppins ”) and glorious musicals ("Gigi,” " My Fair Lady ”).The combination of great storytelling, terrific acting and impressive ...
Final Halo will shoot for supremacy Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 9:14PMIf it's going to be the final instalment in a coveted videogame franchise, it might as well be the biggest and best.
Lunar: Silver Star Harmony Review [PSP] Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 8:03PMThis great remake gives a timeless role-playing classic the luxury treatment.
Explained: Linear and nonlinear systems Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 1:04PMMuch scientific research across a range of disciplines tries to find linear approximations of nonlinear behaviors. But what does that mean?
Coming-of-Age Filmgoers: You’re Not in Kansas Anymore Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 12:50PMThe New York International Children’s Film Festival, which continues through March 21 at six Manhattan locations, is growing in many ways.
Madoff Buster Lurks In Bars, Possibly Wearing Wigs, Packing Heat Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 9:42AMBernard Madoff's nagging nemesis, Harry Markopolos—who tried repeatedly to alert authorities about the improbability of Mr. Madoff's astronomical returns—told Fortune magazine that bringing down "the big game" takes more than just crunching numbers. "I am the antithesis of artificial or computer intelligence," said Mr. Markopolos, who was once press-shy, but is now promoting a new book called No ...
Quantum measurement precision approaches Heisenberg limit Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 8:03AM(PhysOrg.com) -- In the classical world, scientists can make measurements with a degree of accuracy that is restricted only by technical limitations. At the fundamental level, however, measurement precision is limited by Heisenberg`s uncertainty principle. But even reaching a precision close to the Heisenberg limit is far beyond existing technology due to source and detector limitations.
Problem-solving crows may not be as smart as we thought Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 11:40AMBirds are a surprising group of creatures: parrots are great mimics, while birds in the UK figured out how to get a free meal of milk a long time ago. Some species are thought to recognize themselves in a mirror, and many species can also figure out how to pull a string up and trap it under foot to gain a meal, even if the string is quite long and they have to do it repetitively. But among all ...
Complex systems engineering helps scale SOA the right way Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 11:29AMFor organizations who don't take a complex systems approach to SOA, the risks are enormous. As traditional systems scale, they become less agile. Ask any architect who's attempted to hardwire several disparate pieces of middleware together in a large enterprise.
Six tricks that alien trackers could use Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 11:28AMWe could find evidence of interstellar engineering projects or other signs of alien intelligence – even if no one is deliberately trying to contact us
DIAGNOS Named to the 2010 TSX Venture 50(R) Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 10:07AMBROSSARD, QUEBEC, CANADA --(Marketwire - Feb. 23, 2010) - DIAGNOS inc. ("DIAGNOS" or the "Corporation") (TSX VENTURE:ADK), a leader in the use of artificial intelligence ("AI") and advanced knowledge extraction techniques, announces today that it was named to the 2010 TSX Venture 50 ® , a ranking of strong performers listed on TSX Venture Exchange.
E-books marking the death of print media? Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 9:55AMThe digital age has influenced our daily lives to an almost innumerable extent. We need directions: we check our phones. We have homework due: we submit it online. We want to watch a movie: we whip out our iPods and crank up the volume. Print media are the last soldiers standing in the battle against digital conversion.
DIAGNOS Named to the 2010 TSX Venture 50(R) Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 9:52AMBROSSARD, QUEBEC, CANADA--(Marketwire - 02/23/10) - DIAGNOS inc. ("DIAGNOS" or the "Corporation") (TSX-V: ADK - News ), a leader in the use of artificial intelligence ("AI") and advanced knowledge extraction techniques, announces today that it was named to the 2010 TSX Venture 50, a ranking of strong performers listed on TSX Venture Exchange. "Being named to the TSX Venture 50 for the first time ...