An individual's wishes and preferences for the kind
of medical care they would and would not want are very personal and important
decisions ."

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Advance care planning lets you decide the kind of healthcare you
want at the end of your life -- and helps you make your wishes known. Yet, that's not all.org or by calling the Caring Connections HelpLine at
800-658-8898.nhpco. "Prof.

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LIVE ribbon lapel pins are available from NHPCO's Marketplace,
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Awards: ACM Turing Award, MIT Killian Award, the Japan Prize, IJCAI Research Excellence Award, Rank Prize for Optoelectronics.

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More information about advance care planning is available at
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Cambridge University Cooperates with Evolution Robotics Software for Research in Vision Technology

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In order to promote awareness of advance care planning , the National
Hospice and Palliative Care Organization is encouraging all Americans to wear
a white ribbon beginning in March to increase awareness.

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" The LIVE message is at the heart
of NHPCO 's Caring Connections public engagement campaign encouraging people to
"Learn, Implement, Voice, and Engage" in improving care at the end of life.

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Wearing the ribbon
is particularly important on March 31 , the one-year anniversary of Terri
Schiavo's death, when many people will take time to reflect on end-of-life
discussions.

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In the past, these were obstacles that
limited significant advancement in Cambridge's robotics research.
"With ERSP and its integrated visual pattern recognition
technology , ViPR, Evolution Robotics has opened new doors in the
development of intelligent machines and devices .

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In particular, the
reliability of the object recognition and the standardized usage for
the ERSP development platform within various project environments has
truly impressed us", said Roberto Cipolla , professor of Information
Engineering and scientific project manager in the Computer Vision +
Robotics Department of the Machine Intelligence Laboratory.

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"It doesn't matter whether you want every medical intervention available
up until the day you die, or whether you want to spend the final period of
your life receiving what many call 'comfort care,'" commented J.org

"We are excited that Cambridge's Machine Intelligence Laboratory,
headed by Prof.

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ERSP is currently
being used by more than one hundred major academic and corporate
entities and its navigation and vision technologies are deployed in
more than one hundred thousand entertainment and consumer robots
around the globe .

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, Healthcare decisions involving
care at the end of a person's life are complicated and, for most people,
difficult to think about. An advance directive (sometimes called a living will) lets you
explain the care you would want. With that in mind, experienced
hospice professionals encourage all people to learn more about healthcare
options, to ensure that they receive the care that's important to them.caringinfo.

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The integrated visual pattern recognition module , ViPR, is a reliable
and robust solution for object recognition, giving electronic devices
the ability to recognize complex visual patterns.

Author: many books, including the influential and accessible 'The Society of Mind'.

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People are occasionally confused by the terms associated with advance care
planning.

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With its
proven and tested technology already used in multiple vertical
markets, ERSP is the basis for professional developers to create
innovative robotics applications for a variety of different products.

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Hospice and palliative care providers place the wishes of the patient and
family at the center of any care plan and respect the beliefs, traditions and
choices of our increasingly diverse nation.
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the dove.
The Machine Intelligence Laboratory 's robotics research focuses on
the areas of 3D object shape recovery, object and person-recognition ,
video surveillance, image-based localization, and human-machine
interaction. We are
committed to working with such distinguished researchers as Prof.

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The department's overarching goal is to develop
intelligent robotic applications that "see and learn" to eventually be
used in a variety of devices .
Cipolla to continue to expand ERSP and its capabilities for our user
community.

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Wear a White Ribbon in March to Raise Awareness of Advance Care Planning

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Advance care planning means learning about treatment options and
completing an advance directive to express your wishes. Our
visual pattern recognition technology is a powerful solution to
solving real world problems and is currently being used in products
for retail loss prevention, Sony AIBO for entertainment, and security
applications for detection of arms and threats," said Paolo Pirjanian ,
Chief Scientist and General Manager of the Robotics + Vision Business
Unit at Evolution Robotics .

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Another critical piece of advance care planning includes talking about your
decisions with your loved ones, healthcare providers, clergy, and others
important to you. For that purpose, automatic
identification and archiving of visual landmarks as well as the
ability to decide on recording or deletion are a crucial factor in the
research being conducted.

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Donald
Schumacher, NHPCO president and CEO. "It should be your decision -- one that
you share with those you love. An advance directive also includes a
healthcare power-of-attorney which enables you to appoint someone to make
medical decisions on your behalf should you not be able to speak for yourself.
The advance care planning ribbon was created by NHPCO to help people focus
on the message: "It's About How You LIVE.

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Developed by a team of leading robotics experts and engineers at
Evolution Robotics, ERSP enables universities and companies to
accelerate their robotics research as well as create viable and
competitive commercial products easily and cost-effectively. Cipolla's research will extend the
capabilities of ERSP for improved vision and navigation.

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University's Machine Intelligence Laboratory Utilizes ERSP Robotic
Development Platform for Ongoing Research

Evolution Robotics, a leading provider of next-generation robotic
solutions and the Department of Engineering at the world-renowned
University of Cambridge have announced that Evolution Robotics' visual
pattern recognition and autonomous navigation technologies will be
utilized by Cambridge's Machine Intelligence Laboratory to initiate
new projects involving the ERSP development kit.

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Cipolla, has chosen to collaborate with ER and to use
ERSP as a platform for their numerous mobile robotics projects.