June 27, 2002 / Vol. 1, No. 5  
NEWSLETTER SPOTLIGHT

Grid Computing
Can grid computing live up to its hype? The industry giants are pushing the concept toward the mainstream business world, and now we even have a commercial grid for the online video gaming market...
https://aboutai.net/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabindex=1&tabid=2&article=aa062602a.htm


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Information Visualization
The good old days of command line interfaces are passing quickly. Automated information visualization techniques are needed to fully exploit the benefits of knowledge management tools. Learn what is available today and how it can be put to maximum use.
https://aboutai.net/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabindex=1&tabid=2&article=aa052802a.htm

Computers With Personality
An introduction to chatterbots and other similar NLP-related projects.
https://aboutai.net/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabindex=1&tabid=2&article=aa050802a.htm

Terrarium
It is modeling tool for use by those studying evolutionary biology or artificial intelligence. It is also a game, and a great way to learn various development techniques for .NET framework.
https://aboutai.net/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabindex=1&tabid=2&article=aa051902a.htm


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Robot Kits
What is the best robot kit on the market right now? I am a beginner, and would like to buy something really expandable...
https://aboutai.net/DesktopModules/DiscussDetails.aspx?ItemID=75&mid=19

Developing an intelligent agent?
Where could I find a survey of tools for building intelligent agents?
https://aboutai.net/DesktopModules/DiscussDetails.aspx?ItemID=79&mid=18

Programming in English?
I've heard some rumours about "revolutionary tools that will let us develop software programs in plain English"... Anybody has more information?
https://aboutai.net/DesktopModules/DiscussDetails.aspx?ItemID=80&mid=19


ELSEWHERE ON THE WEB

AI Foundry
Hosted by the AI Depot, the AI Foundry is an Internet portal for Open Source projects relating to Artificial Intelligence. It is intended as a hub for the developer community, allowing them to inform themselves about projects and get involved.
http://foundry.ai-depot.com/

Are you ready for angry robots?
An Australian company called Mindsystems has devised an Artificial Intelligence system for simulating human emotion. It can apparently be used to quite convincingly replicate a person's feelings in a variety of situations.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-938331.html

Making gaming even more real
In the past, games had a set number of programmed actions, making them predictable and eventually boring. Now, game events are randomized and are not always based on an action taken by a player, generating multiple sequences of events instead of one. Still, these new games focus more on aesthetics combined with clever programming techniques rather than artificial intelligence. That's all about to change...
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/168/business/Making_gaming_even_more_real+.shtml

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