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1. 1. Forget C++, plain English will do

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   Published on: 6/26/2007   Last Visited: 6/26/2007

   Bob Brennan, a software engineer at Synapse Solutions, claims the technology - called MI-Tech (short for machine intelligence technology) - can understand the everyday language and turn them directly into machine code. MI-Tech essentially lets one enter a series of commands he wants the computer to perform in English. From there, the computer will build a fully-functioning application.
   
   "It will completely replace all programming languages," Brennan told NetPilgrim in an email response.
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   Just as humans react to a sentence one word at a time and form concepts as the sentence progresses, MI-Tech learns more about the words as it is used; it is a dynamic process, nothing is pre-programmed, says Brennan.
   
   The software learns as it goes, building a continually expanding store of associations so that it gets "smarter" over time, he claims.
   
   The core difference between MI-Tech and the traditional methods for writing applications is that later require a pre-programmed sequence for every combination of input the program will face. "Standard programming languages simply translate a rigid syntax representation of logic into fixed executable machine code. MI-Tech creates dynamic machine executable logic from natural language logic. MI-Tech is a start-from-scratch different way of using computer hardware, and as such is 'more' powerful than the restrictive methods of programming we are used to today," Brennan says in his response to NetPilgrim's queries.
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   But Brennan says he has the answer. The same way humans resolve such issues - context. In the context of creating a Windows application, the word "window" would not be misinterpreted as a window in a house or a window of opportunity, explains Brennan. Humans use context all the time, using context a computer can easily resolve minor ambiguities, he says.
   
   But critics see it in a different way.
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   But Brennan begs to differ. "MI-Tech can resolve these ambiguities," he claims. "This (criticism over ambiguities) has only been stated by people unfamiliar with MI-Tech. I have been in contact with experts quoted (blindly I might add) for those comments and they are easily convinced that MI-Tech is more than capable of such things, and more," he told NetPilgrim.
   
   As of now, MI-Tech's lexicon is limited to a few hundred words, but that is already enough for it to perform most tasks in no time. Brennan claims in this week's New Scientist that MI-Tech can create an application from "three pages of monologue" in less time than it would take to code the app using a compiler and conventional programming language.
   
   MI-Tech was originally designed as a way to cope with an anticipated shortfall in skilled programmers. But experts say its potential is almost unlimited. John Hasenkam, an Australian neuroscience researcher who advised Brennan on MI-Tech, says in a TechTV News article, "It can develop levels of complexity way beyond its original design".
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   The patent is pending and Brennan is afraid that a competitor might run away with his idea.
   
   Brennan says he plans to release a commercial version of MI-Tech within two years of closing a funding deal. The first applications for MI-Tech, as per Synapse's current plans, will be programs for Windows - a move that could put Brennan head on with Microsoft.
   
   But before he rolls up his sleeves for a showdown with Bill Gates, Brennan will have to convert the skeptics, who, according to him, are everywhere. "My success rate at convincing sceptics has been 100 per cent so far as long as they take the time to understand my work, Brennan told NetPilgrim, adding John Hasenkam was once a hardcore sceptic, he is now an ardent supporter.
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   "I know Bob, and I think he's got the genuine article," he adds.
   
   Criticisms apart, Brennan is expecting that within 18 months, Synapse will tie up seed funding and establish licensing deals with software companies. "We have got a tremendous response, an amazing number of small investors wanting to support our work, which we appreciate but cannot accept as we are not a publicly held company. We have, however, also received an excellent response from serious investors in the Cambridge area and they are currently under consideration," he says.

2. 2. Synapse News Page

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   CEO Bob Brennan believes the possibilities this breakthrough opens up are "awe-inspiring".
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   HEAVY HITTER - Bob Brennan, Founder, Synapse Solutions What Made You Go Into Business? What Do You Do To Relax? What Car Do You Drive And Why? Is The Glass Half Full Or Half Empty?
   
   Find out here ...
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   It's ever since we came in contact with Bob Brennan and heard about his intelligent computer and how he, Bob, had to go and lie in a darkened room for a fortnight after his machines answered him back. WITHOUT BEING PROGRAMMED TO DO SO."
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   "I HAVE seen things like curiosity emerge from machines -- without it being programmed in", says Bob Brennan, a computer expert poised to take on the world with software so clever it can think for itself.
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   Managing Director and founder of Synapse, Robert Brennan said the technology - Machine Intelligence Technology (Ml-TechÔ) - was the "first implementation of a completely self-directing self-assembling, learning executable logic to be created on standard computer platforms."

3. 3. Contact Information

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   Bob Brennan, CEO rmb@synapse-solutions.com 07775-584198