Calendar
A list of upcoming intelligent systems-related events.

Book Shelf
Reviews of current books dealing with intelligent systems.

Intelligent Applications
A round-up of recently released applications utilizing intelligent technologies.

Products
A compilation of new product release information, ranging from virtual reality to fuzzy logic software to knowledge discovery tools.

Deneb Launches Virtual Manufacturing Project with Intelligent Agents
Deneb Robotics has been awarded a $2.3 million contract from NIST to develop the Agent Network for Task Scheduling and Execution. This agent-based project is designed to improve on existing factory scheduling systems.

News Briefs
A snapshot of newsworthy events in the intelligent systems arena.

Researchers Create 3D Brain-Mapping Technology
Scientists have created a new brain-mapping technique that allows them to convert brain scan data into animated 3D images that show what parts of the brain "light up" during mental activity.

WebChaperone Helps Parents Screen Out Adult Web Content
WebCo has developed intelligent Content Recognition Technology, that allows the WebChaperone browser to rapidly find, analyze and make judgments about information found on the Web. Users will be able to screen out undesired web sites and content.

Virginia Power Adopts Smart Solution for Utility Design
Virginia Power has adopted an intelligent solution in an effort aimed at reducing design time and construction costs of electrical systems.

NASA and Stanford Establish Biocomputation Center
The Stanford University School of Medicine has become the home for a NASA-sponsored national biocomputation center in which researchers will apply virtual reality technology to the practice of medicine.

BellSouth Offers Customized Intelligent Web Services
BellSouth has begun offering its customers an intelligent software-based service, called Solution Advisor, to provide customized telecommunications solutions over the Web.

Robotic Parking Develops a Fuzzy Parking System
Robotic Parking has been awarded a U.S. patent for its fuzzy logic-based Modular Automated Parking System, which simultaneously parks and retrieves multiple vehicles on one or more garage floors.

SRI and MBL Develop EcoCyc
EcoCyc, co-developed by SRI International and Marine Biological Lab, is an AI-based encyclopedia that reflects the metabolic pathways of the E. coli microorganism, and is expected to lead to faster develop of therapeutics.

IBM and Sun Team Up to Help Disabled Surf the Web
IBM has developed speech recognition software aimed at helping blind computer users access the Internet, using Java software developed by Sun.

Consortium Launches Web Accessibility Initiative
The World Wide Web Consortium has launched an initiative to promote and achieve Web functionality for people with disabilities. The initiative will rely on such technologies as speech recognition and automatic translation software.

First Databank's Prescription for Success: BestDose
First Databank has developed BestDose, an intelligent application that configures drug dosing and prescription information using business rules.

Gensym Launches Internet/Intranet Strategy
Intelligent system vendor Gensym has initiated a four-phase plan to release products leveraging Internet-based technologies, including ActiveX, Java and CORBA.

MIT Launches AI Research Program with Cluster Computer
MIT has begun using the Pleiades cluster computer to conduct research in machine learning, smart text retrieval and visual object recognition.