Posts tagged robots
Controlling robots with your mind
And so it begins. Real life avatars are on the way.
Surprising benefits of robot cleaners
As domestic help, robots have flaws. I bought my Roomba about three years ago; the Mint joined it a year later. But my dream of an immaculate, machine-cleaned home has yet to materialize—they can be slow and you have to space out your furniture to give them room to maneuver. But they earn their keep in other ways: They’re entertaining—a cross between the Three Stooges and a geeky Discovery Channel reality show. I’ve read that owners often grow attached to their machines. Some give their vacuums names; there’s even a website that sells clothing for Roombas.
Read the whole thing:
The Surprising Benefits of Robot Cleaners - WSJ.com
“ Google products are machine-driven. They’re created by machines. And that is what makes us powerful. That’s what makes our products great.”
Marissa Mayer, quoted in Steven Levy’s In The Plex (according to Buzz)
Whatever you do, don’t read too much into this quote from a Google executive.
