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  DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF                                                                                                  By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane FERRARI'S FABULOUS NEW CONVERTIBLE                                                                                Source:  Ferrari If you like sleek, aerodynamic & gorgeous, Ferrari's new convertible, the Roma Spyder, may be just the car for you The car is Ferrari's 1st retractable soft top convertible since 1969 & is the convertible version of Ferrari's V8 Grand Tourer The roof can be deployed in 13.5 seconds while driving at speeds up to 37 mph The car design is classic elegance with smooth, sleek lines The interior is luxurious with an 8.4" vertical infotainment touchscreen It has a 3.9-liter V8 engine with 8-speed dual clutch automatic transmission Pumps out 612 hp and 561 ft-lbs of torque to the rear wheels Top speed - 199 mph Accelerates 0 to 62 mph in 3.4 seconds Price not yet disclos

Computers Learn from Talking with You In Japan, researchers at Osaka University have developed a novel, computer learning technique.  Computers can learn new words during conversations with humans. Computer Knowledge Thru Dialogue The Japanese system works this way.  When a new word comes up in a conversation with a human, the computer guesses the category.  The computer makes confirmation requests to the human.  The computer uses the responses from the human to determine if its guess prediction was correct.  It does all of this thru machine learning techniques. The computer also uses previous learning from past conversations with humans. Dialogue Systems Between Humans & Computers Experts believe there's a big future for dialogue systems between computers and humans.  Computers will grow increasingly smarter by talking with humans.  It's forecasted that computers will also have the ability to customize their responses to the users' situation.