// randoQuote.js
function aroundTheWorld()
{
	var snippets = new Array();
	var sources = new Array();
	
	snippets[0] = "South Korea wants to have a robot in every home by 2010. These intelligent bots would be messengers, teachers, performers, and commanders of pizza delivery. These robot servants would be connected to a central supercomputer via a wireless connection and are entering mass production in 2007.";
	sources[0] = "http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/wpn-60-20060403KoreaVowsOnlineRobotsInEveryHome.html";
	
	snippets[1] = "Asimo, the world’s most “human-like” robot, is starting work from May 2006, as a receptionist in Honda’s Wako building in Japan. Visitor’s to Honda’s office would be greeted by Asimo, which can bring the visitors to conference rooms, and serve them coffee or tea. Asimo can even recognize people and its surrounding though its sensors.";
	sources[1] = "http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article361058.ece";
	
	snippets[2] = "Sony has decided to discontinue productions of its Aibo robotic dogs. This has caused major concern amongst robot researchers who have been using Aibo to test out new artificial intelligence techniques and robotics research tools. As such, many researchers are frantically trying to secure the final batch of Aibos.";
	sources[2] = "http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/mg19025485.400.html";
	
	snippets[3] = "Egypt is preparing to use robot technology to unravel a 4,500-year-old riddle. The idea is to send a robot up two narrow shafts in the Great Pyramid in Giza to discover the secret burial chamber of Pharaoh Cheops.";	
	sources[3] = "http://www.gizapyramid.com/Shaft%20Exploration%202005.htm";
	
	snippets[4] = "20Q is an Artificial Intelligence project, which aims to find out what a person is thinking by asking questions about the object (for e.g. \"Is it smaller than a loaf of bread?\"). The user can think of anything (abstract or otherwise), and after answering these questions, 20Q makes a guess at what the user is thinking of. It is reputed to be correct 80% of the time!";
	sources[4] = "http://www.20q.net/";
	
	snippets[5] = "The first John McCarthy Artificial Intelligence Prize will be awarded this year (2006) to an undergraduate. The contest involves submitting  articles that discuss the creation and development of artificial intelligence over the past 50 years. Winning entries will be awarded monetary prizes and will be published in the Dartmouth Undergraduate Journal of Science.";
	sources[5] = "http://www.thedartmouth.com/article.php?aid=2006042401030";
	
	snippets[6] = "Although he could not find a real loving home in the movie, “Artificial Intelligence”, David, the robotic boy, has found a home at Carnegie Mellon University. David will join other notable fictional robots such as Star Wars' “C-3PO” and “R2-D2”, 2001's “HAL 9000” and Forbidden Planet's “Robbie the Robot” in the university’s Robot Hall of Fame.";
	sources[6] = "http://www.spielbergfilms.com/ai/388";
	
	snippets[7] = "Artificial intelligence-based search engine Accoona Corp. is helping Web surfers with their English-speaking skills. The “Accoona Talking Search Bar” allows users to convert any Web page text into speech.  Users simply need to select the text they wish to read, and the Search Bar's text-to-speech synthesizer reads it out in a crisp and clear human voice.";
	sources[7] = "http://news.tmcnet.com/news/2006/04/20/1591254.htm";
	
	snippets[8] = "Some companies have started creating applications that enable cell phone users to find what they are looking for by simply speaking into the phone, instead of clicking their way through a maze of endless menus.  This is achieved by voice recognition technology and would be handy when the user wants to search for ring tones to download, where just saying the name of the song would allow the relevant search results to be displayed on screen in a flash.";
	sources[8] = "http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/04/24/BUGO8IDCD71.DTL";
	
	snippets[9] = "DigiSys (UK) is launching an intelligent surveillance system using Artificial Intelligence technology that analyses live CCTV footage to detect incidents that are often missed by their staff. The surveillance system can detect objects left in or removed from busy areas, regardless of the constant movement in the camera's field of vision. This allows it to identify unattended belongings in public places such as bus stops and spot theft.";
	sources[9] = "http://www.securitypark.co.uk/article.asp?articleid=25200&CategoryID=1";
	
	snippets[10] = "Adidas has designed a ‘smart’ athletic shoe that senses environmental condition and modifies its cushioning level accordingly. This is made possible using a built-in microprocessor that receives reports of compression levels from thousand of sensors in the shoe and then takes appropriate action by activating a motor that tightens or loosens the shoe’s cushion support.";
	sources[10] = "http://tech2.nytimes.com/mem/technology/techreview.html?res=9803E6DF1F3DF935A35756C0A9629C8B63";
	
	var index = Math.floor(Math.random() * snippets.length);
	
	document.write("<h3>Around the world</h3>");
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	document.write("<img src=\"images/globe.gif\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" class=\"left\" />");
	document.write(snippets[index]);
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	document.write("</p>");
	
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