Undaunted by the almost complete failure of the Fifth Generation project, Japan Inc is now embarking on a $480m 10-year Real-World Computing Partnership with the aim of mimicking the human brain in software. The end product is intended to be a computer that could control a robot to perform such tasks as picking strawberries or […]
Undaunted by the almost complete failure of the Fifth Generation project, Japan Inc is now embarking on a $480m 10-year Real-World Computing Partnership with the aim of mimicking the human brain in software. The end product is intended to be a computer that could control a robot to perform such tasks as picking strawberries or blackcurrants. The Japanese government is putting up 90% of the funds, but 14 private institutions are taking part, including NEC Corp, Hitachi Ltd and Fujitsu Ltd.
