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robot riding shotgun: aida the in-car robot companion

AIDA-1

Developed by researchers at MIT’s SENSEable City Lab in cooperation with Audi, AIDA (Affective Intelligent Driving Agent) is a drivers’ companion that offers useful information while interacting in a “socially appropriate and informative way.” AIDA will be mounted on a car’s dashboard, where it’s “face” will be visible to the driver.

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October 30th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: future tech gps + navigation interactive mobile tech robots strange + wonderful technology

playstation 3 ‘home’ virtual community confirmed

PlayStation 3 Home screen preview

At this week’s Game Developer’s Conference (GDC), Sony confirmed plans for a new enhancement to the PS3’s online capabilities, simply called “Home.” The new feature will take a page out of other social networking services, enabling console users to share content and interact in new ways.

Home will allow users to create their own 3D…

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March 7th, 2007 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: video games