Business POV

At Northwestern's InfoLab, computer scientist Kristian Hammond and his team are using cutting-edge content, killer avatars and video-game interfaces to redefine how we get information. The result: a digital mash-up called "News at Seven."

Part I of this overview of recent developments at the InfoLab ran Oct. 16.

Kristian J Hammond is Co-Director of the Intelligent Information Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, at Northwestern University.