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Issue 11	JuLy 24, 2010
This newsletter is for thinking people who has any interest in Artificial Intelligence Welcome! Artificial Intelligence for Improving Team Sports Researchers at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) are participating in a study to develop a system for evaluating sport performance through application of Artificial Intelligence techniques to automatically analyze the development of plays. Read full story   Taking Computer Games Into the Future Thanks to key advances in artificial intelligence , the world of computer games has been revolutionized in the past decade.   Now, a new joint research project between Essex, Imperial College and the University of Bradford could take computer games to a whole new, exciting level. It will focus on making AI even smarter so it is easier to use and more adaptable for games programmers. Read full story Robots in the skies The British military has unveiled a new unmanned attack aircraft designed to use artificial intelligence to fly itself halfway around the world and select enemy targets on its own, highlighting fears that such military automation will one day lead to weapons that decide when to shoot as well. The Taranis prototype, a stealthy jet-powered autonomous flying robot weapon system, is billed by the British government and defence contractor BAE Systems as the first of its kind. Read full story A.I. for weddings: The Best Man Speech Generator Staggered, the UK's leading men's wedding and stag-do website, has stumbled across artificial intelligence by Firefly Events whose sole function is to write brilliant wedding speeches: the Best Man Speech Generator. Read full story Milo and Kate: life, not as we know it At the TEDGlobal conference in Oxford, games designer Peter Molyneux demonstrated his studio's latest project: a virtual human being. In the game, currently titled Milo and Kate, the player can interact with a boy called Milo on the screen, ask him questions, go fishing together, catch snails and, most astonishingly, offer Milo comfort when he's feeling sad and be understood. Read full story The Future of Robot Scientists Future science historians will mark the beginning of the 21st century as a time when robots took their place beside human scientists. Read full story   Mouseless, an invisible computer mouse Mouseless is an invisible computer mouse that provides the familiarity of interaction of a physical mouse without actually needing a real hardware mouse   Read full story High- Tech  Academy open a new Class: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Read full Ad Picture puzzles separate human from machine A way to create children's picture puzzles could be used to improve online authentication, as it involves spotting images within images.   Read full story High- Tech  Academy open a new Class: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Read full Ad To subscribe  or  unsubscribe to this newsletter Contact Us. Don't forget to write your email address to unsubscribe To   read  previous issues of Newsletter  click here