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Robots will play greater roles in the lives of average people as scientists learn to instill robots with more intelligence. "The personal robot market is already growing 400% per year," says Henrik Christensen, director of Robotics and Intelligent Machines Center. Nexi--MIT Media Lab's new humanoid robot that can see, hear, and smile--is symbolic of the widespread research interest in future applications for personal robots. Source: Industry Week

Frank Dellaert, associate professor at the School of Interactive Computing, Ph.D. student Grant Schindler and scientists at Microsoft Research are at work on “4D Cities,” a project to create an image database using decades' worth of photos to show a city's evolution as a kind of virtual time-lapse film. Source: Architect Magazine

Upgrades to Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Jaguar supercomputer have more than doubled its performance, increasing the system's ability to deliver far-reaching advances in climate studies, energy research, and a wide range of sciences. "This is an important advancement," said Thomas Zacharia, part-time professor in the Computational Science and Engineering Division and ORNL associate laboratory director for computing and computational sciences. Source: Oak Ridge National Laboratory