Word: dons
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"I learned one thing," says Mahaffey, who only too late began to do some research on the industry. "These companies don't do what they promise. They just make sure they get the money and you don't." Or, as Todd Dickinson, director of the Patent and Trademark Office, says...
The problem is, robots have fewer opportunities than babies to learn from their environment. Humans spend a great deal of time talking to and nurturing young people. Robots do not get that kind of attention and outside stimulation. "We don't learn in impoverished educational environments, but that's what...
But they do ask that about Kismet, which raises a painful subject. As Breazeal goes on the job market, she worries about what will become of her long-eyelashed offspring. Though she created Kismet, it is technically M.I.T.'s property. Breazeal is optimistic she will be able to work things...
Now imagine this: you're sitting at a computer equipped with a steering wheel, gas pedal, brake and stick shift. Words appear on the screen at a speed you determine by applying the pedals. Your eyes don't waste time with saccadic jumps, since there's never more than one...
Which doesn't mean we're all going to spend the 21st century treating books like NASCAR racetracks. But as an effective tool for cramming large chunks of information (the technology it is based on is already a big hit with law students), Speeder Reader is proof positive that we...