E-ink, 3D printers, disintegrator, mindwipes, replicators, human memory downloads, reputation trading, 3D fax, video wallpaper, virtual reality windows.
The decision Nintendo made to innovate around the control of video games and bow out of the 3d arms race continues to pay dividend, generating interest, and encouraging creativity.
Ballbot is a narrow, 5-foot-(1.5-meter)-tall robot and is being developed at Carnegie Mellon University by Professor Ralph Hollis. He says that Ballbot represents pioneering work in the emerging field of ''human-centered robotics”.
Ray Kurzweil makes other futurists look like dilettantes. While they are extending linear trends a few years into the future, Kurzweil is using exponential graphs that indicate to him that truly profound changes await us in the next few decades.
Complete with a host of Human facial expressions and the ability to respond to questions—The Repliee Q2 combines artificial intelligence with robotics.
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