An anthropologist's observations on online culture and web development in academia.
Via Science Daily:
New Robots Can Provide Elder Care For Aging Baby Boomers
Over 77 million baby boomers will retire in the next 30 years, and robots are ready to assist with elder care. Engineers have created a robotic assistant that can recognize medical emergencies and call 911, remind clients to take their medication, help with grocery shopping and cleaning and allow retirees to communicate with loved ones.
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Fair warning: Bits and Bytes is more of a web-bibliography than a true blog. While I try to remember to interject my own observations every once in a blue moon - to give this more of an annotated bibliography feel - this is really more of a record of the kinds of discussions and topics I'm interested in with regards to emerging online culture.
I hope this is useful to others as well.
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