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July 15, 2008 at 5:44 am
Happy Birthday, Mario brothers! In the summer of 1983, a new game system called Famicom hit the Japanese market, and within two years, it had become a hit in the U.S. as well, where it was redubbed Nintento Entertainment System and sold under the tagline "Now you're playing with power." A quarter century of Zelda and Tetris later, Nintendo has led the latest evolution of game consoles with the Wii, which, ironically, was introduced by designer Shigeru Miyamoto with the declaration "Power isn't everything for a console."
--Clayton Neuman
July 13, 2008 at 5:38 am
Predicting aircraft turbulence. Detecting cardiac abnormalities. Crop planning. "The real world is dirty, and that's what IAAI deals with," says Mehmet Goker, chair of this four-day conference, which will spotlight 22 AI applications that are already helping to tidy things up. Ogle the apps before geeking out on robot soccer, AI scavenger hunts, and human-versus-computer poker tournaments. We're betting on the bots--last year humans barely eked out a victory, and technology only keeps getting better, right?
--Kate Rockwood
July 9, 2008 at 12:53 am
9-10th July, London. 45+ international speakers devoted to discussing and debating the direction, opportunity, reward and monetisation model of virtual worlds, serious games, social networks, casual games, wed 2.0 - brands, games, learning ..
July 1, 2008 at 5:31 am
On July 1st, Bill Gates will officially log off, though he will remain Microsoft's Chairman, just in case. He will also be taking a bigger role in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which oversees the distribution of about $55 billion. Sounds like another full-time job.
