Siri - AI & Search

Siri is a virtual personal assistant, for your iPhone or computer, with pedigree; it originated at the Stanford Research Institute and was spun out as an AI project financed by DARPA. Now, as an alternative to search, Siri is supposed to be able to carry out tasks for the user, like finding the next flight out or ordering a pizza, by crawling the web and conversing with the user, processing requests, responding and learning from the interaction. It will do this via a combination of technologies, including speech recognition, natural language processing and semantic web search.

D7 and the Pre, a New Wave of Mobile Technologies

See the demo of Palm's "Pre" and watch CEO Jon Rubinstein and Elevation Partners Co-founder Roger McNamee talk with Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher during the last day of D7. A new age of mobile technologies that are coming to market will continually shift the way we work, communicate, interact and learn. The implications to our culture are profound.

Google's Wave

See what Google is up to. Our means of using communication tools is about to shift; enabling more efficient ways to interact and exchange information.

The demo at the recent IO conference is below.

Robotic & Gaming Therapies Help CP Children Walk

The advancement of the neurosciences is evident in this clip. Robotics and gaming are being used to retrain the mind and as a result young people with significant limitations in their ability to walk are leaving their cruches behind while stroke victims are obtaining greater independence. Thanks to the work of MIT and the Cerebral Palsy International Research Foundation. We are changing the way medicine is practiced and embracing technologies in a way that is increasingly productive through the theraputic and relevant engagement of participants.

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