University Unveils Robot Receptionist
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University Unveils Robot Receptionist
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University Unveils Robot Receptionist
(AP)
02/19/2004 08:10 AMAP - She might not be paid, but Carnegie Mellon University's newest
staff member does all that a typical receptionist should: gives
directions, answers the phone — even gossips about her boss.
Carnegie Mellon unveils storytelling
robot receptionist
Carnegie Mellon unveils storytelling
robot receptionist
02/19/2004 12:58 PMSiliconValley.com Feb 19 2004 5:19PM GMT
Robot Receptionist Even Gets Testy on
Job
Robot Receptionist Even Gets Testy on
Job
02/18/2004 06:53 PMAP via Newsday Feb 18 2004 11:11PM GMT
Robot Receptionist Even Gets Testy on
Job (AP)
Robot Receptionist Even Gets Testy on
Job (AP)
02/18/2004 06:53 PMAP - She might not be paid, but Carnegie Mellon University's newest
staff member does all that a stereotypical receptionist can do: give
directions, answer the phone — and even gossip about her life.
Hitachi Unveils Humanoid Robot
Hitachi Unveils Humanoid Robot
03/17/2005 03:42 AMCMU Unveils Robot Hall Of Fame
CMU Unveils Robot Hall Of Fame
11/11/2003 01:11 AMSony Unveils World's First 'Running'
Humanoid Robot
Sony Unveils World's First 'Running'
Humanoid Robot
12/18/2003 06:08 PMBoston Globe Dec 18 2003 4:48PM ET
Beijing Jiatong University unveils first
Chinese-developed Internet
IPv6-compliant wireless router
Beijing Jiatong University unveils first
Chinese-developed Internet
IPv6-compliant wireless router
08/10/2004 05:03 AMInterfax Information Agency Aug 10 2004 9:23AM GMT
Cyco Software Presents Data Management
Solutions, Unveils Multimedia CD-ROM at
Autodesk University 2004
Cyco Software Presents Data Management
Solutions, Unveils Multimedia CD-ROM at
Autodesk University 2004
12/17/2004 06:31 PMCyco Software, a leading global software company offering Engineering
Data Management (EDM) solutions, announced today that it will
demonstrate its latest Cyco AutoManager® data management solutions in
booth # 201 at the annual Autodesk University 2004 user conference.
[PRWEB Nov 29, 2004]
Receptionist
Receptionist
04/16/2004 03:53 PMGreat article by Mike Langberg on an idea he has called
Receptionist.....
Trying to reach me? Meet my Receptionist
By Mike
LangbergMercury
News
I have four telephone numbers, three e-mail addresses, two fax
numbers and user names on three instant messengers.
Many of the people I know personally or professionally have equally
complicated electronic fingerprints.
I lose more and more productive time trying to figure out how to
reach them, as well as managing my own little communications network
so people can reach me.
This is a problem caused by technology, and I believe technology
can provide a solution: a future service I've dreamed up and named
Receptionist.
I got the idea for Receptionist after writing recently about
improvements in electronic mail, instant messaging, video
conferencing, voice-over-the-Internet phone calls and mobile phones.
Receptionist would bring together all forms of electronic identity in
a single gateway, making it easier to reach other people and at the
same time increasing our privacy.
I'm not the first to think of this. A long list of companies in a
field called ``unified messaging'' offers services today that cover
one or two pieces of what I want. Yet as far as I know, none is yet
offering a product as comprehensive as Receptionist.
The center of Receptionist would be a customizable Web page where
others would go to reach you. My page could be www.langberg.com/contactme. The address would never change, even as I shift phone numbers or
e-mail addresses, and I'd never have to give out any contact
information other than my page.
The public version of your page would have only basic information
that you're willing to share with the world at large, perhaps just
your name and e-mail address. A password-protected private page, where
you would control how much information is given to each
account-holder, would go much deeper.
Receptionist would link to a new generation of mobile phones, just
now becoming available, that know their geographic location, allowing
the Receptionist page to display either vague or detailed information
on your whereabouts. Receptionist would also know when you're signed
on to an instant messenger program, so visitors could be told whether
you're sitting at your desk.
Here's how my Receptionist page might look:
``Welcome to the contact page for Mike Langberg, Personal
Technology Columnist of the San Jose Mercury News.''
The next line would vary.
On weekdays, you might see: ``Mike is working, and is available now
for your phone call or message.''
Or you might see, ``Mike is working, but talking on the phone at
the moment'' -- because Receptionist would know when either my wired
phone or cell phone is in use.
Or ``Mike is working today, but is out of the office at the
moment.'' Receptionist would post this message automatically whenever
the location data on my cell phone showed I was more than a few
hundred yards from the longitude and latitude of my desk.
Below this line would be a row of buttons with options for
contacting me:
``Leave a voice message,'' ``Call me on the phone,'' ``Send me an
e-mail,'' ``Send me an instant message,'' ``Start a video
conference.''
The voice message and e-mail options would always be available, but
the others would be grayed out when I'm busy or otherwise
unavailable.
Beneath the contact buttons would be a log-on box, where family,
friends and co-workers could enter their name and a password. This
would take them to a private page where they could see my exact
location, as reported by my cell phone. Family and close friends, but
maybe not my boss, could ring through to my home phone anytime day or
night. Co-workers would get permission to view my electronic calendar,
although they wouldn't see private appointments such as weekend
parties.
There would also be a voice-only version of Receptionist for people
who want to reach me on the phone, without using a computer.
I'd gladly pay $10 to $20 a month for such a service, and I believe
millions of others would do the same.
Receptionist would greatly increase my privacy, because I could
manage how people interact with me.
More important, I could quickly and easily manage how people
interact with me.
Receptionist in its fullest form isn't ready yet for the real
world. We'd need much wider adoption of self-locating cell phones,
more broadband Internet access in homes and more integration between
telephones and the Internet. But all these things will happen within
the next few years.
Return of the Receptionist: Ruby Gets
Businesses to Turn Off Auto Attendant
Return of the Receptionist: Ruby Gets
Businesses to Turn Off Auto Attendant
03/22/2005 03:26 PMNationwide, businesses are eliminating their automated voicemail
system and turning to newly expanded Ruby Receptionists to give their
callers a richer, more personalized call experience. By answering and
routing calls from a remote location, Ruby Receptionists give their
clients the ability to provide the old-fashioned receptionist
experience. [PRWEB Mar 22, 2005]
A Running Robot Or A Rolling Robot?
A Running Robot Or A Rolling Robot?
12/18/2003 12:58 PMIt took years for researchers to figure out how to make a robot be
able to stand and walk on two legs. In fact, it's so complicated,
that some researchers are giving up on that idea and
using
Segway balancing technology on their robots instead of legs.
However, the folks at Sony seem to have taken the concept of the
upright walking robot one step further: they've figured out
how to make a
robot run. That's right, it actually leaves the ground at
points while jogging along. It apparently needs a bit of a walking
start to get up to speed, and even at running speed, it's more of a
slow jog - where it's feet barely leave the ground. Still, it's a
start, and with some more work, they believe they can really make the
robot run.
PowerSchool University
PowerSchool University
08/03/2004 09:20 PMAttendees at this year’s PowerSchool University ramped up their
student information system skills with the new PowerSchool 4.0 and
augmented their development activities through peer networking. [Aug
3]
ADV: DeVry University
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Most pupils aim for university
Most pupils aim for university
05/19/2004 11:53 AMAbout seven out of 10 young people think they will go on to
university, a survey suggests.
University ERP System
University ERP System
01/05/2005 07:22 PMUniversity Project set to FREE the World!
University of Pseudoscience
University of Pseudoscience
12/30/2004 11:08 AM
David Pescovitz:
One of the Florida State University professors protesting against a
proposed chiropractic school at the college created this spoof campus
map. Apparently, seven professors have threatened to quit if the
chiropractic school happens.
From the St. Petersburg Times:
The threatened resignations...reflect a belief among many
in the medical establishment that chiropractic is a "pseudo-science
" that leads to unnecessary and sometimes harmful treatments...
The list of critics include FSU's two Nobel laureates - Robert
Schreiffer, a physicist, and Harold Walter Kroto, a chemist - and
Robert Holton, the chemistry professor who developed the
cancer-fighting drug Taxol, which has brought FSU tens of millions of
dollars in royalties. In recent weeks, more than 500 faculty members
have signed petitions against the chiropractic school, including about
70 in the medical college, said Dr. Raymond Bellamy, an assistant
professor who is leading the charge against the proposal.
Link (via Fark)
ADV: Academy of Art University
ADV: Academy of Art University
08/10/2004 11:26 PMA great and wise man once said, Make work play and you'll be
playing all your life. Come to the Academy of Art University and
you'll play. Hard. Talent's a gift. Using it's not.
University Switches to 802.1X
University Switches to 802.1X
04/09/2004 03:57 PMUniversity of Tennessee switches to 802.1X, but leaves
gateway-controlled segment for older systems: The university first
tried a proprietary method of authentication in 2002 that left behind
users of the latest operating systems (XP and OS X). The latest
incarnation uses 802.1X, which is well supported in Windows XP
(Service Pack 1 with wireless rollout for best results) and Mac OS X
10.3 (PEAP, EAP-TTLS, EAP-TLS, and other flavors). Because the
university opted for TTLS (the reasoning isn't explained), it's not
noted but they would have had to install a third-party client on
Windows systems. However, TTLS is supported by Funk and Meetinghouse
for a wide variety of Windows platforms as well as Solaris and certain
Linux flavors. The non-802.1X segment requires a gateway login and is
locked by MAC. The staff use tools to monitor MAC addresses to ensure
that legitimate authenticated sessions aren't being hijacked. It's
clearly a transition stage for them, too, as they can't have a
complete .1X switchover, but they'll gradually have less reason to run
a gatewayed system. Their current system doesn't offer
session-to-session authentication, but requires re-entering
credentials each time a laptop is awoken from sleep. But given the
state of .1X clients, this should still be simpler (clicking a button
in most cases) than a repeated gateway login....
'More students' go to university
'More students' go to university
04/20/2004 08:28 AMThe proportion of people under the age of 30 going into higher
education has risen to 44%, official figures show.
a speech at Georgetown University
a speech at Georgetown University
11/03/2003 05:28 AMflapped his jowls .. Behold the
words
dod.mil/transcripts/2003/tr20031030-depsecdef0833.html
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ClassesUSA.com
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your spare time. Transfer credits are accepted and tuition assistance
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Expansion scheme for university
Expansion scheme for university
05/04/2004 11:04 AMCambridge University puts forward proposals which could see three new
colleges built.
University 'class gap widening'
University 'class gap widening'
07/02/2004 06:26 AMMiddle-class children are benefiting more than others from changes to
the education system, a report says.
EU boosts university applications
EU boosts university applications
07/15/2004 05:18 AMThe number of applications from EU citizens has surged, helping an
overall growth in interest.
"Quinnipiac University poll"
"Quinnipiac University poll"
05/21/2004 03:49 AMWeb-cheat student to sue university
Web-cheat student to sue university
05/28/2004 05:09 PMThey should have stopped him sooner, he says
Record numbers set for university
Record numbers set for university
08/20/2004 06:48 AMUniversities have already accepted more than 280,000 students
following Thursday's record A-level results.
More on University of Texas Wi-Fi Policy
More on University of Texas Wi-Fi Policy
09/10/2004 01:01 PMAn association of university telecom administrators has already asked
the FCC to clarify whether universities can ban Wi-Fi networks: The
University of Texas recently banned students from setting up their own
Wi-Fi networks, stating that the independent networks were interfering
with a free university-maintained network. The FCC told the
Association of College and University Telecommunications
Administrators that schools can prohibit students living in campus
housing from building wireless networks. But, if the school leases
residential property where students live, they can't restrict the use
of wireless networks. The right of the University of Texas to forbid
students from using their own wireless networks will depend on who
owns the building the students live in....
Can A University Ban WiFi Networks?
Can A University Ban WiFi Networks?
09/09/2004 11:16 AMSlashdot is running a story about The University of Texas at Dallas
banning
independent WiFi networks to avoid interference with the
university-run WiFi network. There's just one (big) problem. The FCC
has made it clear that
only they
have the right to regulate unlicensed spectrum. That was the
point of the ruling they made just a few months ago telling airports
they can't stop anyone from setting up WiFi networks within the
airport. At the same time, though, this does demonstrate some of the
issues with unlicensed spectrum. As great as it's been for generating
massive growth for things like WiFi, interference is still a problem
-- and one that not enough people have paid attention to.
University Offers Wi-Fi Precertification
University Offers Wi-Fi Precertification
04/28/2004 11:40 AMTo tackle poor Wi-Fi certification first-pass rate, University of New
Hampshire's InterOperability Lab (UNH-IOL) offers approved
pre-certification: This might sound obscure, but it's a way for
companies to save potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars and
weeks of work off the budget for developing Wi-Fi products. The Wi-Fi
Alliance has said that 25 percent of the products reaching their labs
don't pass Wi-Fi certification tests the first go-round. The UNH-IOL
will provide an intermediate testing program that will allow
mid-stream course correction with ostensibly less cost. Lab users must
pay fees unless they support the lab directly, and must be Wi-Fi
Alliance members....
Barry University Presentation
Barry University Presentation
09/14/2004 05:35 AM
Bots Blogs and News Aggregators
PresentationSpeech: Current Happenings on
the Internet: Bots, Blogs and News Aggregators by Marcus P. Zillman,
M.S., A.M.H.A.Barry
Universityhttp://www.barry.edu/Presentation Sources:Bots,
Blogs and News Aggregators by Marcus P. Zillman, M.S.,
A.M.H.A.http://www.BotsBlogs.comSearching the Internet - Online Streaming Video
Tutorialhttp://www.SearchingTheInt
ernet.infoStudent Research Subject
Tracer™ Information Bloghttp://www.StudentResearch.inf
o/Marcus P. Zillman, M.S.,
A.M.H.A., Executive Director of the
Virtual Private
Library™, Internet expert,
author,
speaker,
consultant and
creator/founder of
BotSpot.com
will be speaking on the latest happenings on the Internet with
emphasis on the growing areas of bots and intelligent agents, blogs
(weblogs), and news aggregators. Mr. Zillman will be showing these new
resources live on the Internet and how they will relate to helping you
search and find the information you require for both personal and
academic research. His presentations are designed both for the
“newbie” to Internet searching as well as the seasoned
“Internaut”. The Internet continues to change at a record pace,
and discovering the latest tools to make your Internet search both
easy and competent is the goal of this presentation. Will eMail soon
be replaced by RSS and news aggregators? Are blogs, currently the
fastest growing area of the Internet, a fad or will they change the
entire Internet landscape? These and other questions will be discussed
during this presentation by one of the Internet’s pioneers and bot
and artificial intelligence experts, Marcus P. Zillman. His latest
links and resources are available by clicking
here.
Time:
9:30am
Date: Tuesday, September 14, 2004
Location: Garner Hall, Room 162, 11300 N.E. Second Avenue, Miami
Shores, Florida 33161
Will university reforms work?
Will university reforms work?
09/14/2004 05:26 AMStudents should be able to make their university choices after their
A-level results, a report has found. Could a new system work?
University pay 'boycott' threat
University pay 'boycott' threat
08/02/2004 01:26 PMAn academic union is threatening to "greylist" Nottingham University
in a row over pay and grading.
Villanova University Gets Secure
Villanova University Gets Secure
11/12/2003 02:58 PM Villanova deployed RADIUS servers from Interlink in addition to 208
APs to deliver full WPA security on its wireless network: The
university is using EAP-TTLS authentication. This network is pretty
secure, especially for a university. Villanova is using the servers to
authenticate the wireless network as well as dial-up services on
campus....
University of Texas Removes Wi-Fi Ban
University of Texas Removes Wi-Fi Ban
09/16/2004 11:29 AMThe University of Texas at Dallas, which recently set a rule
forbidding students from building their own Wi-Fi networks, rescinded
the policy: The action of forbidding the networks created quite a buzz
online. University officials referred to an FCC notice posted in June
that makes it clear that the FCC is the only body that has
jurisdiction over the airwaves. While universities have some control
over what students do in student housing, in this case, the student
building is not owned by the university. That means the university has
less rights to control what students do there. [link via Frank]...
'Shameful waste' on e-university
'Shameful waste' on e-university
06/09/2004 10:57 AMA Labour MP condemns what he calls the "shameful waste of tens of
millions of pounds" on a failed online degree scheme.
Stellenbosch University rolls out new
PCs with Datacentrix
Stellenbosch University rolls out new
PCs with Datacentrix
05/14/2004 10:27 PMSunday Times South Africa May 15 2004 2:41AM GMT
University Effectively Using Anomaly
Detection
University Effectively Using Anomaly
Detection
04/16/2004 09:08 PMInternet.com Apr 17 2004 1:25AM GMT
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