Jibo, the world’s “first social robot,” made its debut this week and is now available for pre-order from MIT Media Lab.
Jibo: A Family Robot
Jibo was unveiled to the public on July 15, when Dr. Cynthia Breazeal and her team at MIT Media Lab launched the Jibo crowdfunding page on IndieGoGo. Barely 24 hours after the page’s launch, Jibo has already raised 472% of its $100,000 goal – having received $472, 467 from 1,011 funders. Funders will receive perks ranging from acceptance into the Jibo fan club and a t-shirt for $27 to a Jibo Home Edition for $499. Of course, Jibo is not expected to ship until December 2015, when the consumer version of Jibo will be released.
To use Jibo, one needs a WiFi connection, and the robot will come with a charging pad and be ‘battery-ready’ (batteries will be sold separately.) For now, Jibo, who is gendered male, can only understand and speak English, and...
Jibo: A Family Robot
Jibo was unveiled to the public on July 15, when Dr. Cynthia Breazeal and her team at MIT Media Lab launched the Jibo crowdfunding page on IndieGoGo. Barely 24 hours after the page’s launch, Jibo has already raised 472% of its $100,000 goal – having received $472, 467 from 1,011 funders. Funders will receive perks ranging from acceptance into the Jibo fan club and a t-shirt for $27 to a Jibo Home Edition for $499. Of course, Jibo is not expected to ship until December 2015, when the consumer version of Jibo will be released.
To use Jibo, one needs a WiFi connection, and the robot will come with a charging pad and be ‘battery-ready’ (batteries will be sold separately.) For now, Jibo, who is gendered male, can only understand and speak English, and...
- 7/17/2014
- Uinterview
Known for her blunt leadership style, Bartz also makes a deep impression online, according to digital footprint tracker PeekYou.
Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz has huge digital feet. That's according to a new ranking out by PeekYou, a company that measures the virtual presence of a person using an algorithm that weighs public information to determine business leaders’ digital footprint.
The more news stories about a person, the more Twitter followers they have, the more connected they are on LinkedIn, the mightier their clout and the stronger their brand, PeekYou says. So it makes sense that a top female CEO is also a VIP in the tech arena.
"Engagement in social media is just one of the factors that we consider when attributing a PeekScore to an individual,” PeekYou's General Manager, Raj Ajrawat, tells Fast Company. “That CEO may not have time to tweet, but he/she may be very active...
Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz has huge digital feet. That's according to a new ranking out by PeekYou, a company that measures the virtual presence of a person using an algorithm that weighs public information to determine business leaders’ digital footprint.
The more news stories about a person, the more Twitter followers they have, the more connected they are on LinkedIn, the mightier their clout and the stronger their brand, PeekYou says. So it makes sense that a top female CEO is also a VIP in the tech arena.
"Engagement in social media is just one of the factors that we consider when attributing a PeekScore to an individual,” PeekYou's General Manager, Raj Ajrawat, tells Fast Company. “That CEO may not have time to tweet, but he/she may be very active...
- 7/1/2011
- by Jenni Miller
- Fast Company
Between June 24th and September 6th, The U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama will be hosting Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination, an exciting exhibition featuring more than 80 costumes, models and props from all six Star Wars films that invites visitors to defy gravity, manipulate robots, and engineer droids.
Exhibition Overview
Robot Object Theater
Entering a large-scale model of the rusted-steel interior of a Jawa sandcrawler, visitors meet C-3Po and (via video projection) real-world robotics engineer Cynthia Breazeal, director of the Robotic Life Group, MIT Media Lab. The droid and the roboticist debate the merits of R2-D2 and how researchers try to duplicate traits such as mobility, perception and cognition.
Building Communities and Augmented Reality
Visitors build a spaceport, moisture farm community and walled Jawa town. Placing cards on a table—the physical landscape—a computer superimposes a building on a site in virtual reality and real time.
Exhibition Overview
Robot Object Theater
Entering a large-scale model of the rusted-steel interior of a Jawa sandcrawler, visitors meet C-3Po and (via video projection) real-world robotics engineer Cynthia Breazeal, director of the Robotic Life Group, MIT Media Lab. The droid and the roboticist debate the merits of R2-D2 and how researchers try to duplicate traits such as mobility, perception and cognition.
Building Communities and Augmented Reality
Visitors build a spaceport, moisture farm community and walled Jawa town. Placing cards on a table—the physical landscape—a computer superimposes a building on a site in virtual reality and real time.
- 5/18/2010
- by Jason Moore
- ScifiMafia
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