Silencing Voice Recognition Technology, Laurianne McLaughlin
NASA scientists are having early success developing prototype technology that recognizes and processes silent speech for use with a PC. Instead of grabbing words from spoken sounds, the technology grabs words from nerve signals the human brain sends to the throat and tongue.
Trivial Pursuit? Games Research Potential Challenged, Benjamin Alfonsi
The chess-like game Arimaa has been designed to challenge AI researchers to develop a computer that can beat the best human player. Some, however, question the value of this type of AI research.