Seasons

Is Tuesday going to be a bot holiday?

http://www.talklikeapirate.com/piratehome.html

it will "share" the trained network & information on the p2p network,

Ah, gotcha. Yes, that makes more sense.

Sony has invented a "microPC"

Like it's something new I've had my oqo (www.oqo.com) for over a year now (and it wasn't new then,) and Sony still can't make theirs fit in a shirt pocket. A few fancy biometrics and mobile phone spec camera don't justify a hardback-sized package for me. But I guess I'm just a perfectionist

oops - i was wrong - the sony has 512MB of ram, not 256.

that with a verizon aircard [(728KB - 2MB)/s broadband speeds anywhere with a verizon cellular connection],
should have the mobility aspect taken care of.

Another (and cheaper) option would be the Samsung Q1 - http://www.samsung.com/uk/products/mobilecomputing/ultramobile/np_q1_v000suk.asp.
Standard SODIMM memory socket, so you can fit as large a chip as you need. No keyboard built-in, but let's face it, keyboards this small aren't really practical anyway. You could always get an i-tech virtual keyboard like I use with my oqo: http://www.virtual-laser-keyboard.com/

I couldn't help but take interest in the I/you topic. I don't have any children, but I do know that the change to "I" almost definately comes from imitation. It always slays me to see just how wide open and curious a 2 year old is lol.

Plus they're referred to by their own name almost from the moment they're born, so at that stage I'm sure it's easier to realize that I/you can refer to anyone. All they need is one word to identify a single person, and the first words everyone wants to teach em.....(drumroll hehe).... mommy and daddy.

(sorry hehe it's a fascination of mine)

About this PF AI engine powered android at the wired nextfest...

I am going to make sure to be there at the Jacob Javitz convention center to see this android in action... too bad i don't have a video camera, and my sister lost the XD mem card out of my digital camera.

ahh, isn't it good to live near new york?
oh, i'm sure someone in my family will be kind enough to lend me a camera for the occasion...

If anyone sees any publicity about the Einstein bot, please post a link

Slashdot discussed an article on an intelligent robot at nextfest, but it was just a really cool puppet. I'm waiting to see if "Einstein" shows up on any of the nerdy news sites. It's a good thing I only lurk. I'm not sure if the prof wants to be /. ed or Dugg now.

Yeah, that'd kinda suck.

well, i was at nextfest, and saw the einstein robot along with a japanese maid robot and a robot named "Jewels"... the bodies were desiged by a korean scientist, and the human-like appearance and facial expressions were done by Hanson Robotics. I never actually got to see Einstein chat, but i did see its robotic maneuvers. it was a pretty big crowd attracting scene.

i also got to meet Dr. David Hanson from hanson robotics, the korean scientist, and of course, the forge's own 'The Professor'.

yeah I saw "jewels" on inside edition (or some other crappy tabloid TV show) Granted, it was only a 30 second piece at the tail end of the show, but it was cool to see the robot, and nextfest featured on there.

I'm surprised they could spare a whole 30 seconds of anna nicole smith and company to cover something worthwile.

The bots are back!