Technology + haberdashery, cookware for the heat of Tattooine’s twin suns, preparing for the last curtain call, picking strawberries and a horrible goose. Continue reading →
Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality and Robotics — tasty stories to whet your appetite for the rapidly advancing state of the art. Continue reading →
My grandma and your grandma sittin’ by the fire, talking about Aibo. Aibo? Aibo-abio-a-be! Robotics and robot dogs factor in this episode in a major way, with the second and much improved version of Sony’s Aibo robot dog. An interesting fact about the new Aibo, is that this dog starts off as a bit disobedient, just like a real dog, and (machine) learns from it’s owner over time. Could such a cute robot find its way into your home? Well, if not a robot dog, how about a robot symbiot, such as LG’s CLOi SuitBot, a human-centric wearable robot? … Continue reading →
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In all the wrong places — the example for this show, as surgical robots! But before we get to that, let’s start with the latest news in augmented reality. Michael and Michael explore the newly announced Magic Leap One Creator Edition AR glasses, using a couple of links & videos to discuss the merits and challenges. The co-hosts struggle to come up with the right word to describe the look — steampunkesque was among those suggested. Moving to robotics, which is becoming more and more of a trend on the podcast lately, this time surfaces in the form of exoskeletons … Continue reading →