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Business search company ZoomInfo launched what it's calling the first public semantic search engine. But is it? Sometimes referred to as a Web 3.0 technology, semantic search is considered the next generation of online search. It differs from conventional search by helping computers understand and organize information stored across the Internet, rather than just finding it. But search experts say semantic search is a gray area and means different things to different people. Trumpeting something as the first semantic search engine is like describing something as “the first energy-efficient automobile," since fuel efficiency is relative, says Doug Lenat, a semantic search expert who runs Cycorp, another semantic technology company. Experts also note that some companies already incorporate elements of semantic search in their search engines.
Championship Event Showcases Tomorrow's Engineers: Students ...
SAN RAFAEL, Calif., April 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- As some of the best young minds in the world converge on Atlanta's Georgia Dome for the FIRST Robotics Competition Championship April 12-14, Autodesk, Inc.'s commitment to the next generation of engineers will be showcased on an international stage. The event is the culmination of 37 regional competitions held earlier this year featuring 1,300 teams from seven countries. Autodesk is supporting the competition through a $17 million software donation, granting student participants first-hand experience with state-of-the-art 3D technology -- Autodesk Inventor and Autodesk 3ds Max software -- which they used to design and pre-visualize their robots. Autodesk's support reflects a shared mission with FIRST to create ongoing passion for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and encourage students to pursue careers in engineering.
Gordon and Udall Urge President to Help with NASA Funding
(Washington, DC) Today, the Chairman of the House Committee on Science and Technology Bart Gordon (D-TN) and the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics Mark Udall (D-CO) urged the President to work with Members of Congress to ensure that NASA has the resources necessary to carry out its important work. Gordon and Udall are joining forces with other Members of Congress who are calling for the President to meet with them to address the NASA funding challenge. In the years following the President's January 2004 announcement of the Administration's ambitious Vision for Space Exploration, NASA has faced a continued series of funding cutbacks to International Space Station (ISS) research, technology development for future exploration ventures, and for robotic exploration of the Moon.
Adept Technology Expands UL-Listed Robots
LIVERMORE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—April 4, 2007— Adept Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADEP), the leading provider of intelligent vision guided robotics and global robotics services, announced the release of UL Listed Adept Cobra(TM) 4-axis SCARA and Adept Viper(TM) 6-axis articulated robot families that meet UL1740 (Robots and Robotic Equipment) and Z434 (Robots and Robotic Equipment Certified for Canada) Safety Standards.
The UL Listed Adept Cobra 4-axis SCARA and Adept Viper 6-axis articulated robot families are targeted at customers in the Medical, Pharmaceutical, Food, Consumer Goods, Cosmetics and Lab Automation industries that require the added safety and regulatory compliance provided by Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.
Adept robots already meet the global ANSI/RIA 15.06-1999 (American National Standard for Industrial Robots and Robot Systems/Robotic Industries Association's) Safety standards and CE ("Conformity European") marking directives.
PRESS RELEASE: Web Photo Posting Sets New Trend in JPEG Conversion
Bloggers, Flickr users and ordinary people sending images by email know that the first considerations before sharing photos is image display size, file size, and file type. This is where Web Photo Posting steps in with its innovative approach to JPEG conversion.
Chengdu, P.R. China - April 11, 2007: Web Photo Posting 1.0 is an all-in-one tool for JPEG compression, image resizing and optimization required for preparing images for web pages, photo sharing sites like Flickr and email attachments. What makes it different from other tools is a handy user interface with two operating modes and a set of predefined 'Saving Schemes' that let users specify the limits of the image and file size, leaving the program to find the best balance in settings automatically without any user interference.
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