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As a grad student, Cynthia Breazeal wondered why we were using robots on Mars, but not in our living rooms. The key, she realised: training robots to interact with people. Now she dreams up and builds robots that teach, learn and play. Watch for amazing demo footage of a new interactive game for kids.
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There’s something quite moment-defining in feeling our spirits lift, soar for however long it takes us to soar on its wings and deliver us up from out of the everydayness of our lives. Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate ‘everydayness’ it’s kept my feet blessedly muddy and
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To my way of thinking, traditions/rituals define an important social component of our lives that I think is fast becoming lost in the Western world and I find that sad actually. I feel they’ve been shelved because of the adverse attention that’s been
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Wins no matter how big or small need to be celebrated when they happen. And to be found trying plays a real role in keeping our ambitions or dreams running toward our preferred goal of a win. As they say in the ad,
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I read somewhere once that “you don’t have to own the playground to play on the swings”. I found that a particularly odd-about kind of adage really. Odd but somehow
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