Students with chronic illness often get only a few hours of education a week. Telepresence robots could let them participate fully in classroom and school activities.
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Making the mechanical more human.
Computers can become virtual companions, teachers, coaches and therapists. They can incorporate awareness of physical surroundings with human needs, preferences and even personality.
Shaking hands builds trust, and the same applies whether it’s a human or robot hand you’re shaking.
Last week, Facebook introduced one-to-one video calling. With a claimed userbase of 750 million accounts, the potential for ubiquitous video calling seems obvious. But, will it work? Of all post-industrial…
New technology about to be released by Microsoft has the potential to revolutionise workplace meetings, removing the need to “be” anywhere for those all-important face-to-face encounters. If you believe…
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Principal Architect & Sr. Principal Engineer, Rutgers University
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Researcher at Microsoft Research, Cambridge UK. Previously, The University of Queensland
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Professor in Human Computer Interaction, University of Bath
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NIH NCATS Biomedical and Health Informatics Fellow, University of California, Irvine
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Professor of Social Psychology, University of Exeter
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Research Associate, University of Bath
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Professor of Education and Informatics, University of California, Irvine
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University of Texas at El Paso