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Archive: July, 2007

Grow a Spine, Android Creators

And God created man in his own image.

Researchers Dream of Humanizing Androids

"At present, almost all humanoid robotics researchers are working on similar things. Their robots have boxlike torsos," Or said. "I believe that the next-generation humanoid robots should have a spine as we do."

 

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intrinsi on July 10th 2007 in Artificial Intelligence

Google’s History of Information Science

Google is experimenting with a timeline search view. Here is Google’s timeline view for information science.

 

See Google's history of information science.

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intrinsi on July 10th 2007 in Information Science

Grownups Wanna Hang Out, Too

Looks like we need a fun social networking site for adults aged 35+.

Within the 12-to-17 age demographic, Facebook traffic rose 149 percent, and within the 25-to-34 demographic, it rose 181 percent. In the 35-plus age group, despite Facebook’s lingering reputation as "something for college kids," traffic on the site rose 98 percent between May 2006 and May 2007.

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intrinsi on July 8th 2007 in Virtuality