Just finished my computer-abstinent vacation, where i walked by pure chance into an absolute thrilling symposium . I could only take a short glimpse into one presentation , but the homepage is nice and the proceedings are free available :
http://fir.epfl.ch/home.html
http://fir.epfl.ch/docs/FIR_proceedings_online.pdf
This seems to be at the edge of science-fiction .
Hope it fits in this 'Whatever Else' thread and it bothers nobody - newLISP for AI-Applications ... there are so many things we can do with it.