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Feb 21, 2016

Meet the man building Herb, the closest thing we have to Rosie the Robot

Posted by in categories: habitats, robotics/AI

Where robotic companies are really messing up

The domesticated robot market is a hot market; could be dominated by female owned and operated robotic companies. When we look at the companies building robots today for home use; it is very male dominated meaning a woman that is in her 30’s, 40’s, 50’s and 60’s is stuck with robotics for her home designed and developed by 20 & 30 year old males.

Now, how does a 20 or 30 something year old understands how a female in her 30’s, 40’s, … thinks and “feels” about her house? They don’t so this is a huge gap and a problem in this space.

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Feb 21, 2016

Home Design

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Is an online informative magazine that provides information and tips about the Homes…

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Feb 20, 2016

Is Your COUCH Smart Enough? Enter the Immersit

Posted by in categories: entertainment, habitats, mobile phones

Smartphone meet the Smartcouch.

http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwgeeks/article/Is-Your-COUCH-…-20160220#


I’m reporting this news now from my couch and I must admit that after months of immersion in the Smart Home world, I’ve never once considered if my sofa was on the list of home products needing to be upgraded. Until, I suppose…today. Welcome to the Immersit, the new device which might have you never looking at your La-Z-Boy the same way again. Or, if you’re like me … wondering if the product will work, destroy your sofa, or frighten the heck out of your pet.

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Feb 18, 2016

The next tallest building in the world could be in Tokyo — here’s what it would look like if built

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At almost double the height of the world’s current tallest building, the Sky Mile Tower would rise a mile high into the sky.

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Feb 14, 2016

History: I know that we often write about the future, etc

Posted by in categories: education, food, habitats, security, sustainability

However, one also must look at the past for insights and guidance on things that were done wrong to ensure bad history is not repeated.

Therefore, let me share with you a part of history that we need to be aware of and protect our future from ever repeating again.

Many folks have never heard of Poor Farms in the South and Poor Houses in some parts of the Midwest. Before soc. Security and Welfare we had poor farms/ houses. They date from the late 1800s until 1930s.

Poor farms/ houses were often filled with the elderly and others that had no money or anyone to take care them. People often worked the land for 16+ hours days, dressed in rags, and had very little to eat. Once you were there you could not leave ever until you died.

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Feb 13, 2016

Betting on the bots

Posted by in categories: engineering, habitats, nanotechnology, quantum physics, robotics/AI

This is wonderful program for students wanting to learn robotics. I do believe for real AI/ traditional Robotics (not referring to nanobots or microbots) to truly accelerate in capabilities; it will require technology like Quantum.


Two young engineering students are making robotics more accessible to enthusiasts across the country

A spartan apartment at a nondescript housing society in Pashan is filled with robots of all shapes and sizes. Among the curious looking machines are two robotic hands that mimic the movement of a human body and a large quadcopter that looks as if it’s ready to fly. This is the working space of College of Engineering, Pune (CoEP) alumni Amol Gulhane and Pratik Pravin Deshmukh — the 20-something founders of Robolab, a venture that’s making robotics accessible to the masses by building robotics labs across the country.

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Feb 13, 2016

IoT Could Be Used by Spies, U.S. Intelligence Chief Says

Posted by in categories: business, electronics, habitats, internet, security

More Intel Concerns


James Clapper tells senators the vulnerabilities in connected devices that hackers exploit can also be used for surveillance by foreign countries.

As the Internet of things has grown, so has the debate about security around it.

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Feb 13, 2016

Cloud-Brained Humanoid Robots Are Right around the Corner

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, habitats, life extension, neuroscience, robotics/AI

As much as this article wants to promote that by 2020 that we will have terminator style robots acting as an in home nurse with patients (at least in the US) will be very hard to see. Most elderly as well as young children need more of human or personable interaction in their lives. I do highly suggest researchers (especially those that have studied children in orphanages where limited human interaction was available) to share your own insights of what happens to children who are without human contact at long periods as well as the elderly. I believe folks will rethink somethings and be more pragmatic in what these robots can and can do.


Published on Feb 3, 2016

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Feb 12, 2016

What homes on Mars will look like

Posted by in categories: habitats, space

What it might be like to live on Mars.


NASA revealed what homes on Mars will be like — and we don’t have to wait long.

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Feb 12, 2016

How Virtual Reality Is About to Totally Transform the Travel Industry

Posted by in categories: habitats, virtual reality

Experience your potential vacation options from your office or home prior to booking.


VR has obvious value when it comes to entertainment. But its best use may lie in tourism.

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