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Computers Learn to Listen, and Some Talk Back
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/25/science/25voice.html
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/06/25/us/20100625-voice-graphic.html?ref=science
Dental office programming
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Video: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/horvitz/MSR_Medical_Bayesian_Kiosk.wmv
Track and understand faces like never before with faceAPI from Seeing Machines – now available for license.
http://desktopmates.com/AI/Hal.html
-DesktopMates are animated human like characters that live on your desktop as your personal interactive companion & assistant capable of speech & doing tasks for you using Microsoft® Agent & Artificial Intelligence Technologies.
All versions of Windows 2000, Me, XP and Vista already comes with the core components for MSAgent Technology as part of your windows operating system.
Desktopmates Google Natural Listing Promotion
Robot teacher: Japanese kids get technology lesson
UCLA Medical Center Becomes Worlds First Hospital to Introduce Remote Presence Robots in ICU
UCLA Medical Center has announced initial clinical tests of the RP-6 mobile robot system in its neurosurgery intensive care unit (ICU). The RP-6 robot, made by InTouch Health Inc. in Santa Barbara, Calif., allows doctors to “virtually” consult with patients, family members and health care staff at a moment’s notice, even if miles away from the hospital.
Intensivists — the physicians who specialize in the care of critically ill patients — in the neurosurgery department at UCLA are using RP-6 to provide additional monitoring from their homes and offices of ICU patients in response to studies showing that intensivist presence in the ICU can decrease morbidity, mortality, length of stay and cost of care. The project, to be funded through an assistance agreement with the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center, located at Ft. Detrick, Md., will be led by professor and Chief of Neurosurgery Dr. Neil Martin, associate professor Dr. Paul Vespa and associate professor Valeriy Nenov, all of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
There is a nationwide shortage of intensivists. There are fewer than 6,000 practicing intensivists in the United States today and more than 5 million patients admitted to ICUs annually. Therefore, only about 37 percent of ICU patients receive intensivist care, yet having trained intensivists in the ICU results in better outcomes and decreased length of stay in the ICU and hospital. These specialists are familiar with complications that may occur and are therefore better able to minimize errors.
UCLA will test the RP-6 robot as a way to extend the reach of the intensivist. The patient sees, hears and interacts with the doctor through the nearly 5-foot-6-inch tall robot, which displays a live video image of the physician’s face on its monitor/head. The physician, seated at a computer console called a ControlStation, also sees and hears the patient through a live video image projected on a monitor. The ControlStation comes equipped with a joystick, which allows the physician to drive the robot to the patient’s bedside, control movements of the robot’s head and even zoom in to take a closer look at the patient or bedside monitors.
“The RP-6 robot will increase doctor access for patients, their families and hospital staff, and UCLA is excited to test the newest addition to our intensive care team” Martin said. “We recognize that leveraging the health care expert’s time offers the possibility of improved patient care, reduced length of stay and cost savings. UCLA has combined our in-house electronic medical information system, GCQ, with the RP-6 remote presence system, and we are able to monitor and access our patients anytime from our homes and offices in a way not previously possible.”
Learn more at www.uclahealth.org
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RoMeLa
CHARLI is the first untethered, autonomous, full-sized, walking, humanoid robot with four moving limbs and a head, built in the United States. His two long legs and arms can move and gesture thanks to a combination of pulleys, springs, carbon fiber rods, and actuators. CHARLI soon will be able to talk as well.
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Tidal power can be classified into three generating methods:
Tidal stream generator
Tidal stream generators (or TSGs) make use of the kinetic energy of moving water to power turbines, in a similar way to wind turbines that use moving air. This method is gaining in popularity because of the lower cost and lower ecological impact compared to tidal barrages.
Tidal barrage
Tidal barrages make use of the potential energy in the difference in height (or head) between high and low tides. Barrages are essentially dams across the full width of a tidal estuary, and suffer from very high civil infrastructure costs, a worldwide shortage of viable sites, and environmental issues.
Dynamic tidal power
Dynamic tidal power (or DTP) exploits an interaction between potential and kinetic energies in tidal flows. It proposes that (for example: 30–50 km length) dams be built from coasts straight out into the sea or ocean, without enclosing an area. Tidal phase differences are introduced by the presence and dimensions of the dam, which is not negligible in size compared to the local tidal wavelength. This leads to hydraulic head differences across the dam. Turbines in the dam are used to convert power (6–15 GW per dam). In shallow coastal seas featuring strong coast-parallel oscillating tidal currents such as found in the UK, China and Korea, a significant water level differential (of at least 2–3 meters) would appear across the dam.
This is a video that shows you how to upload your app to the Chrome Web Store. To learn more on the Chrome Web Store please visit code.google.com/chrome/apps or code.google.com/chrome/webstore