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Date: Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 11:07 AM
Subject: IBM Computer Crushes Humans on "Jeopardy!" but Makes Mistakes

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February 22, 2011

WHAT'S NEWS IBM Computer Crushes Humans on "Jeopardy!" but Makes Mistakes Silicon has prevailed in the latest men vs. machine challenge. Last week, an IBM supercomputer named Watson beat its human opponents on "Jeopardy!," a popular U.S. quiz show. The computer dominated the game, but it also made some embarrassing mistakes. See what happened and tell us: Is this just a publicity stunt or the beginning of a new era in artificial intelligence? A Car You Can Drive With Your Mind Imagine you could drive your car using only your thoughts. German researchers have made that possible—and they have the video to prove it. New Child Robot Has Expressive Face Japanese researchers have built a child robot with an expressive face that they plan to use to study the early stages of social development. Amazing Mobile Manipulator Unveiled This robot has dexterous arms, a head full of sensors, and omnidirectional wheels. Is this the real Johnny 5 from the movie Short Circuit? ADVERTISEMENT   ROBOTICS EVENTS HRI 2011: 6 to 9 March 2011 International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (Lausanne, Switzerland) Georgia Tech Robotics Courses: 26 to 27 April Courses on perception, industrial robotics, autonomous vehicles, and human-robot interaction (Atlanta) ICRA 2011: 9 to 13 May 2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (Shanghai) WHC 2011: 22 to 24 June 2011 IEEE World Haptics Conference (Istanbul, Turkey) ROBOT KITS Modular Robotics' Cubelets Build a functional robot out of snap-together blocks with Modular Robotics' Cubelets. VIDEO Robot Comedy and Interactivity Watch two great talks on human-robot interaction from researchers Heather Knight and Cynthia Breazeal. OPINION Natural Intelligence and Artificial Stupidity Airport security needs better humans, not machines. ADVERTISEMENT   Search back issues Print this issue View our privacy policy Interested in other IEEE Newsletters? Sign up here. This e-mail was sent by IEEE   |   3 Park Ave., New York, NY 10016 USA Copyright © 2010 IEEE Spectrum          To unsubscribe, click here.          To advertise, click here.

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