ScienceDaily News Release: Sandia Team Develops Cognitive Machines -- Machines Accurately Infer User Intent, Remember Experiences And Allow Users To Call Upon Simulated Experts:

"'In the long term, the benefits from this effort are expected to include augmenting human effectiveness and embedding these cognitive models into systems like robots and vehicles for better human-hardware interactions,' says John Wagner, manager of Sandia's Computational Initiatives Department. 'We expect to be able to model, simulate and analyze humans and societies of humans for Department of Energy, military and national security applications.' "