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HVAC Control in the New MillenniumThe Aeneid search engine uses XML tags and sophisticated text retrievalto find and correlate related information at multiple Web sites. Aeneidpersonalizes Web searches and allows the information to be analyzedusing XML.Most of today’s search engines look for text. As the Web grows andmore types of different media is available, the ability to search throughthis array of information becomes more difficult. Virage’s VideoLoggeris a product designed for coding and accessing video content. Virage’ssoftware allow users to search through video files for specific spokenwords and phrases.IBM has been developing a technique called Query By Image Content(QBIC). This should allow users to organize and search a databaseof images using colors, shapes and textures.Web user interfaces will also be changing. Inxight’s HyperbolicTree works as a set of hypertext links that allows a user to navigatespatially with a mouse. The Hyperbolic Tree references the previouslyread Web links as if they were on a globe. One might be located near theequator while another link might be closer to the north or south pole.Natrificial has also been working on a product that organizes Webbasedinformation with a spatial interface. The Brain is similar to HyperbolicTrees and is designed to act as a medium for sharing content overthe Internet without the need for a dedicated Web site to store the information.The Brain creates associative structures to relate a group of filesto one another, just as a human brain associates pieces of information.These hyperlinks are used to create connections between graphicaltokens called thoughts. Each thought can hold a file or link to any otherthought or level.Intelligent DevicesMany types of devices with build-in intelligence use embedded processorslike StrongARM and DragonBall and operating systems such aspSOS and VxWorkx. The pSOS operating system is being used in personaldigital assistants (PDAs), cell phones and Web PDAs. Microsoft hasdemonstrated the Hermes Internet telephone, which runs Windows CE.There are 120 of these chips from about 40 companies which arepositioned to reinvent computing in the new millennium. They are usedin ovens, digital phones, automobile control systems and other products©2001 by The Fairmont Press, Inc. All rights reserved.