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(http://news.bbc.co.uk)
- scanned by: Adam Cutsinger
about 1 year ago
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Researchers are giving a robot its own Facebook profile page to help foster meaningful relationships with people.
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robots, robotics, facebook, ai, artificial, intelligence, interface, psychology, sociology, computers, the, internet, social, media, networking
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(http://www.nytimes.com)
- scanned by: Alvis Brigis
about 1 year ago
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Researchers are only now starting to pay attention to the importance of friendship and social networks in overall health. A 10-year Australian study found that older people with a large circle of friends were 22 percent less likely to die during t...
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(http://www.livescience.com)
- scanned by: Jeff Hilford
about 1 year ago
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The second set of octuplets ever born in the United States arrived this week, raising questions about the future of baby-making and fertility medicine.
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(http://www.sciencedaily.com)
- scanned by: Jeff Hilford
about 1 year ago
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"The economic situation also portends a significant increase in other forms of family violence, including spousal and child abuse, child neglect and other forms of dysfunctional behavior like substance abuse,"
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(http://www.livescience.com)
- scanned by: Jeff Hilford
about 1 year ago
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The more frequently women use the pronoun "I" in their instant messages (IM), the more satisfied they are with their partners, a new study finds.
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(http://www.newscientist.com)
- scanned by: Jeff Hilford
about 1 year ago
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A team at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany, is developing a human-sized machine which is able to lightly hold a person's forearm and steer them in the appropriate direction.
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(http://www.thesun.co.uk)
- scanned by: Adam Cutsinger
about 1 year ago
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Once Aiko has been perfected, Le hopes to sell clones for use as home-helps.
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aiko, she3po, c3po, fembot, robot, android, robotics, japanese, tech, gadgets, girl, artificial, intelligence
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(http://www.bspcn.com)
- scanned by: Adam Cutsinger
about 1 year ago
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...the biggest impact of the Web in 10 years time won’t necessarily be via a computer screen - “your online activity will be mixed with your presence, travels, objects you buy or act with.” Also a lot of crossover will occur among the 10 trends be...
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web, 20, 30, trends, apps, applications, semantic, artificial, intelligence, virtual, worlds, mobile, attention, economy, sites, as, services, online, video, internet, tv, rich, international, personalization
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(http://computerworld.co.nz)
- scanned by: Garry Golden
about 1 year ago
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A presentation by Dr Kenji Doya, of the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology in Japan, which showed neuro-genetic robots, says Kasabov.
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(http://technology.timesonline.c...)
- scanned by: Austra Zubkovs
about 1 year ago
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Many claimed that they could have conceived a child on November 4 after a night of celebration. With exit polls showing that Obama had won over 66 per cent of people aged 18-29, the young were particularly ecstatic. As a result, there could be a b...
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(http://www.nytimes.com)
- scanned by: GavinChua
about 1 year ago
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Nice but worrisome Op-Ed by NYT's David Brooks: "This recession will probably have its own social profile. In particular, it’s likely to produce a new social group: the formerly middle class. These are people who achieved middle-class status ...
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