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This Week In Bots: Will Your Kids Give Robots Civil Liberties?
fastcompany.com 3 weeks, 4 days agoBot Vid: Hug-A-Bot Roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro, already famous for trying to broaden our emotional interactions with robots through innovations like the life-like Geminoid series, has another innovation in the spotlight now: Hugvie . It's the sort of robot you'd get if you crossed Jim Henson's Creature Workshop with Asimo and added a dab of Casper The Friendly Ghost...because it's a roughly body-shaped pillow that has a heartbeat-simulating vibro unit inside. Sensitive to the tone and loudness of a caller's
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ACLU Alleges Abuse At US-Mexico Border Crossings
boston.com 2 weeks, 4 days agoThe American Civil Liberties Union said Thursday that border inspectors have used excessive force and performed humiliating body searches on travelers entering the United States from Mexico.


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