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April 10, 2008
My Assistant Is A Cube
Because it does it all. Tame is a concept device, cube like in nature, that syncs with all your other devices and applications. You store different status messages on each face of the cube and just by rotating it, activate that status. Now your phone, voicemail, Facebook, Myspace, twitter, etc. all reflect the same status message. There's even a web application that reports the status of everyone equipped with a Tame cube. The color coded system correlates with the color you set on your Tame cube so people know your availability at a glance.
via Greener Gass
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Robot Remote In Action
Remember my post about Toshiba's universal robot remote control called ApriPoco? Here it is in action. Do Want!
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April 4, 2008
Nexi Wants To Be Liked
Those crazy kids at MIT labs are at it again. This time their collaborative efforts have netted a new robot called Nexi. It has a Segway-like body with articulated limbs and a face that can convey a simple range of emotions. Those MIT lab rats are studying how social relationships develop so Nexi's main task is to observe and interact. It just wants to be liked by you.
It's interesting how the Japanese and Koreans often design their bots to be animal or child-like with very anthropomorphic characteristics while western robotics tend to favor human likeness.
Hit the jump to see Nexi.
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April 1, 2008
Innocent Robots Curb Our Anger
If you recall, I blogged about my new Turtle God which just so happens to be Toshiba's latest universal remote control robot. Those big doe eyes and cute disposition has a purpose. We have a tendency to lash out when things don't go our way, like flinging a remote across the room when it doesn't work, or smacking a cable box when it won't... um, cable. Toshiba hopes by making their robots as innocent as Bambi, we'll think twice about smacking it when it refuses to change channels.
via Crunch Gear
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