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  Dragon said:
I've seen episodes of Teletubbies more electronic music than that poll.

 

yeah like, this one:

 

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the kiosk in my temporal lobe is shaped like emily carter

  On 8/19/2011 at 11:51 PM, Luke Fucking Hazard said:

Essines has, and always will remind me of MacReady.

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ubot-5-robot.jpg

 

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Robot Dials 9-1-1

 

By Dave Mosher, LiveScience Staff Writer

 

uBOT-5 isn't just relegated to help the elderly - it can also perform virtual meet-ups with its LCD screen, Web cam and an Internet connection. Credit: University of Massachusetts

A new robot can detect when someone has an accident and check their vitals signs, all while dialing 9-1-1 for help. Credit: University of Massachusetts

uBOT-5 can delicately pick up objects up to a few pounds, including packages left at a door step. Credit: University of Massachusetts

 

The U.S. medical system faces an imminent crisis as baby boomers age into retirement, but an army of little helper robots might soften the blow.

 

Researchers designed a two-wheeled robot, known as uBOT-5, with two arms capable of picking up small objects, using a stethoscope and even dialing 9-1-1. Sensors near its video-screen head can also figure out if someone has fallen.

 

“For the first time, robots are safe enough and inexpensive enough to do meaningful work in a residential environment,” said Rod Grupen, a computer scientist at the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst.

 

Grupen helped develop uBOT-5 in response to the growing crisis faced by the U.S. medical system as almost 78 million baby boomers begin joining the 65-and-older crowd during the next three decades.

 

He noted that it costs about $65,000 to build a single robot in the lab, but told LiveScience that manufacturers have said it might cost only a "couple of thousand" to mass-produce the automatons. A part-time, human in-home caregiver can cost more than $1,500 per week.

 

Aside from its life-saving abilities, uBOT-5 can also remind people to take their medication, pick up packages and do some cleaning and shopping. It can even administer virtual house calls from doctors using a Web cam, microphone, touch-sensitive LCD screen and Internet connection — tools that Grupen said clients should find other uses for.

 

“Grandma can take the robot’s hand, lead it out into the garden and have a virtual visit with a grandchild who is living on the opposite coast,” Grupen said.

 

UMass computer scientists Allen Hanson and Edward Riseman helped Grupen design and build uBOT-5, along with graduate students Patrick Deegan, Emily Horrell, Shichao Ou, Sharaj Sen, Brian Thibodeau, Adam Williams and Dan Xie.

  analogue wings said:
ubot-5-robot.jpg

 

  Quote
Robot Dials 9-1-1

 

By Dave Mosher, LiveScience Staff Writer

 

uBOT-5 isn't just relegated to help the elderly - it can also perform virtual meet-ups with its LCD screen, Web cam and an Internet connection. Credit: University of Massachusetts

A new robot can detect when someone has an accident and check their vitals signs, all while dialing 9-1-1 for help. Credit: University of Massachusetts

uBOT-5 can delicately pick up objects up to a few pounds, including packages left at a door step. Credit: University of Massachusetts

 

The U.S. medical system faces an imminent crisis as baby boomers age into retirement, but an army of little helper robots might soften the blow.

 

Researchers designed a two-wheeled robot, known as uBOT-5, with two arms capable of picking up small objects, using a stethoscope and even dialing 9-1-1. Sensors near its video-screen head can also figure out if someone has fallen.

 

"For the first time, robots are safe enough and inexpensive enough to do meaningful work in a residential environment," said Rod Grupen, a computer scientist at the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst.

 

Grupen helped develop uBOT-5 in response to the growing crisis faced by the U.S. medical system as almost 78 million baby boomers begin joining the 65-and-older crowd during the next three decades.

 

He noted that it costs about $65,000 to build a single robot in the lab, but told LiveScience that manufacturers have said it might cost only a "couple of thousand" to mass-produce the automatons. A part-time, human in-home caregiver can cost more than $1,500 per week.

 

Aside from its life-saving abilities, uBOT-5 can also remind people to take their medication, pick up packages and do some cleaning and shopping. It can even administer virtual house calls from doctors using a Web cam, microphone, touch-sensitive LCD screen and Internet connection — tools that Grupen said clients should find other uses for.

 

"Grandma can take the robot's hand, lead it out into the garden and have a virtual visit with a grandchild who is living on the opposite coast," Grupen said.

 

UMass computer scientists Allen Hanson and Edward Riseman helped Grupen design and build uBOT-5, along with graduate students Patrick Deegan, Emily Horrell, Shichao Ou, Sharaj Sen, Brian Thibodeau, Adam Williams and Dan Xie.

 

 

Looks like the Doctorware in this David Firth video:

http://www.fat-pie.com/healthreminder.htm

 

"I need to examine your legs, for science, Mrs Peterson"

  essines said:
the kiosk in my temporal lobe is shaped like emily carter

 

progressive rock is pretty electronic music, yeah.

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