"Cocorobo" is Sharp's new Robot Vacuum Cleaner that features speech recognition which allows it to be controlled by voice, as well as using its buttons or the remote control. Cocorobo can also say simple greetings! "For example, if you use Cocorobo every day, or speak to it every day, it gets in a good mood. Depending on how it feels, its words and movements vary a lot, so you can gain a feeling of closeness with it. Regarding Cocorobo's learning capability, we're planning upgrades that will Read more [...]

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From Colossal: "Art director Murilo Melo created this killer poster series for Companhia Athletica Gyms in Brazil by dismantling sloth-inducing televisions, video games, and computers and using their thousands of parts to create exercising humans, urging you to 'switch your routine for ours.'" "The project took four months to execute and is well documented on this pretty awesome website where you can see production shots, download high-res images (recommended Read more [...]

Above, an aerial photo of flooded factories in Pathum Thani Province outside Bangkok taken last month. The picture appeared in yesterday's New York Times. I was struck by by how much the pattern of buildings resembles that of computer chipsets on motherboards. Source: [Book Of Joe] Read more [...]