We may not have jetpacks or cars that fold up into our suitcases, but this is absolutely the high-tech future that my parent’s TV shows promised. Most of us carry devices on us more powerful than the machines that put man on the moon. We have more ways to communicate than people we actually want […]
Director Michael Rossato-Bennett of Ximotion Media has announced the release of a fascinating new documentary Alive Inside next week in New York. Alive Inside investigates these questions and the power music has to awaken deeply locked memories. The film follows Dan Cohen, a social worker, who decides on a whim to bring iPods to a […]
Last week we talked about a Singapore research team for making a robot that is supposed to “love” its user like a person does. Today, let’s look at PARO, a marvelous robot from Japan designed to look and act like a baby harp seal and give the user a simulation of interaction with a pet.
