Danny Hillis of Applied Minds

I wrote about Danny last year and now Beet.tv has more on the Applied Minds project.

From Beet.tv:

"Earlier this month in San Francisco, I met with William "Will" Randolph Hearst III who is an investor in Applied Minds. He told me about the work the company is doing in creating "smart" video systems that can create scenes based on complex sensing and analysis technology. The computer listens and watches and knows when to do a close- up or long shot based on physical action and speech. The most immediate application will be some kind of advanced video teleconferencing."

Beet.tv also points to this interview from Technology Review.