The field of artificial intelligence is changing how we live and work in amazing ways. For example, image-guided surgery, which improves doctors' effectiveness, is based on enhanced reality technology; you can view the results at www.ai.mit.edu/projects/vision-surgery/
surgery_home_page.html. At Intuitive Surgical, Inc., www.intuitivesurgical.com, you can see how electronics, robotics, and enhanced visualization combine "to greatly improve surgical technique and take surgical precision far beyond what is possible today." Scientific American at www.sciam.com/explorations/
050596explorationsbox4.html recently reported on the development of artificial muscles. For a practical view of what current robots can accomplish, explore the Mars Pathfinder home page and other Mars missions at mars.sgi.com.