Meet the cute robot. The most famous are Golden Pup, a toy robotic golden retriever that throws its head back, barks and wags its tail, and Paro, a seal that can sense touch, light, sound, temperature and posture. As robots advance, they could provide comfort and entertainment for people with Alzheimer's disease and dementia, albeit at a lower technology level.
Now researchers are developing even more sophisticated robots that can leverage AI to talk and play games for people with cognitive impairment that could change the future of dementia care. Read the full story.
—Cassandra Willyard
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Skills learned from Daedalus
Today's climate-changing Kraken may have been triggered by human activity, but changing its course and taming nature's growing fury seems beyond human means, a quest only a mythical hero can accomplish.
However, the dream of human-powered flight, that is, soaring across the Mediterranean using only the power of human limbs, has also been a myth for thousands of years. Until 1988.