Each must be programmed in as many as a dozen different languages, with voices and scripts produced by linguists around the world.
The BX24 is programmed in Basic with free software from BasicX.
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The bottom line is, if an AI can be programmed in such a fashion, is it really sentient in the same way that humans are sentient?
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His technical prowess -- while at Hewlett-Packard he designed seven computer chips and programmed in nine languages -- gives him an eye for startups with jaw- dropping innovations.
Ranger, built and programmed in the Biorobotics and Locomotion lab led by Andy Ruina, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, started on the Barton Hall track just after 2 p.m.
Thornton Media is recognized as a leader in the tech side of indigenous language revitalization, developing translation devices, talking toys programmed in native languages and other tools over its 17-year lifespan.
The chips are programmed in the C language as opposed to assembly language, giving them a cost advantage because C developers are far easier to come by, as well as giving the handset makers and mobile operators greater ability to actually define what functions they want on the chips.
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Fortran was one of the first widely adopted "high level" computer languages--before those, computers had to be programmed directly in assembly language, a complicated and laborious process.
With smart pavement and GPS providing data to on-board computers in vehicles, traffic could be programmed to move in elegant swoops following safety algorithms that guarantee the safety of people, cyclists and green spaces.
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As a control, though, the maverick was sometimes programmed to behave in an unusually generous way.
The brand-new experience was like having a constantly programmed movie screen in the family living room.
Managing online relationships will always be a somewhat difficult task for people programmed to communicate in person.
Fiscal tightening is programmed to intensify in 2012 as a reduced payroll tax and more generous unemployment-insurance benefits expire at the end of 2011, and federal spending cuts contained in previous budget agreements will take effect.
Merida's hair is made up of 1, 500 individually sculpted curves, distinct points in a three-dimensional space, that are programmed to bounce and interact in relation to one another via a new software system, says Ms. Chung.
Once the motor was in place and the robot chip was programmed, the mounted bird was put in the wild along with a discreet sound system playing swamp sparrow calls to attract others.
The controller looked like a window-mounted air conditioner and could be programmed to run machines in different sequences without rewiring all those cabinets, a huge time-saver.
And I think it's really about staying involved in the process, waiting for opportunities, and then basically speaking what's in your heart and not doing it in a programmed way.
Udo Barckhausen, a geophysicist on board the Sonne, told CNN that the 7-meter (22-foot) buoys are programmed to detect changes in the seabed, and send alerts to the Indonesian mainland.
In some cases, she says, companies that have used chatbots to handle online queries have found that when confronted by verbal abuse or sexual innuendo, the chatbots were programmed to respond inappropriately in kind, with insults of their own.
Computers can be programmed to beat grand masters in chess, but the best they can do in Go is strong amateur status.
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Programmed with 14 artificial chromosomes in 1800 bytes that control 77 behaviors, when Rity appears on a computer screen it is alive with its own emotions.
Professors Charlie Trevor and Anthony Nyberg from the University of Wisconsin-Madison decided to examine who could get away with a downsizing programmed or, put differently, what sort of companies did not suffer from a surge in voluntary turnover following a downsizing programmed.
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In addition to the small display, the board can be programmed to send text message or email alerts, and in the future could tie into venting or heating systems for completely automated control.
The lights in Swanage will be programmed to switch off between 00:00 GMT and 05:30 GMT from April.
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The thinking mind, in contrast to the programmed selling, rationalized that Freeport McMoran is not without value, given its diversified geographic and political mining operations.
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We can believe real-world climate data or we can believe alarmist computer models that are programmed by alarmists, exist purely in cyberspace, and are consistently contradicted by real-world observations.
As much as possible, the cantatas were programmed according to their appointed place in the liturgical calendar, so that Christmas works were played at Christmastime, Pentecostal ones on Pentecost, and so forth.
According to an ongoing investigation by the Washington Post, who initiated the McColo shutdown, the Srizbi bots have been programmed with a mathematical formula that in the event of a shutdown generate a random but unique web address to check for updates.
The portrait in question was drawn by a robot programmed by Martina Richter, a scientist with the Fraunhofer Institute of Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation, based in Ettlingen, Germany, and several of her colleagues.
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