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We are Inventors!
Archeologists found evidence of tools our ancestors long ago created. They created a tool that was pounded to create a small sharp object that made getting all meat from an animal easier and more efficient.This development allowed our ancestors to get more nutrition which then allowed them to develop and grow more. -
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Enlighten Me
Throughout the enlightenment period, philosophers such as Descartes, Hobbes, and Leibniz sought to find out the nature behind rational thought. -
"Can machines think?"
In 1950, Alan Turing proposed this question in a paper. Along with other publications, this question got everyone thinking. -
Communication, Communication, Communication
In 1981, UCLA psych professor, Albert Mehrabian shares his studies which found that 7% of communication is based on words, 38% is based on tone of voice, and 55% is based on nonverbal behavior. His findings portray the message that a substantial amount of everyday communication and , therefore, our understanding of intelligence is largely due to our nonverbals. -
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The Rise of Rosalind Picard
Rosalind Picard was a teaching and research assistant at MIT Media Lab. Her work lays the foundation for affective computing and how we can program technology to pick up on our emotions -
Office's New Assistant
Meet Clippit, also known as Clippy. The job of this amazing new assistant is to help YOU some help on your tasks. Need help writing a letter? ASK CLIPPY! This assistant did not last long in the job. This loving assistant was a little too intrusive and was, honestly, more annoying than helpful -
Galvactivator
This glove LIGHTS UP when the user's aroused.
I went to the MIT website and looked at this invention. One of the things I found really interesting was that some of the same technology in the GALVACTIVATOR, is also used in lie detectors. "...though the electrodermal response is one of the measures commonly used as part of a lie detecting apparatus..." -
MindReader
This invention by el Kaliouby, aided in those with ASD the opportunity to communicate. During a conversation the invention detects the other person's expression and gives feedback to the wearer how the "mood" of the conversation was. -
"They said WHAT???"
In 2005, a paper, "Egocentrism Over E-Mail: Can We Communicate as Well as We Think?", uses research studies to show that only 50% of the time could participants correctly distinguish the tone of an email. -
The BEST Dance Partner
In 2005, iDog was released. This little intention would play music, dance with you, respond to your touch and match the "mood" with lights on it's back!
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iCalm
This gadget was invented to track changes in different autonomic processes snd was used to help track sleep, stress, physical activity by tracking your heart rate! -
SMARTCAR "Take me to..."
In the future, I believe that we are going to invent self-driven cars. These cars will be able to bring us where ever we need to go. This invention will lower the car accidents per year and could eliminate the dangers of "texting and driving", because these cars will be able to avoid others and everyone will be moving at the same pace. -
A Whole New World
In 100 years, I think that we will have found a new "world"/planet that we will be able to inhabit. The technology that will accompany us is endless.
