 Five highlights of Toy Fair 2012Remote control robots that send data to online games; Moshi Monsters mashed up with Hex Bugs; Gears of War Meccano! All the cool stuff from the Toy Fair show floor
Every year the Toy Fair fills London's Olympia with acres of brightly coloured plastic, as manufacturers, distributors and (...) [The Guardian]  Robot cleaner a 'game changer' for hospital infection epidemic Hospitals are supposed to be the place where the sick get well. They can also be where the sick get sicker, thanks to the virulent bacteria and viruses that live there. [CNN Money] Robot cleaners and the Museum of Me: Intel's vision of the future Intel's best-known project might be gimmicky, but its new collaboration with the Royal College of Art is full of daring
Over the last decade or so, the burgeoning culture industry has spawned museums at such a rate that it seems no small town or minor artist will be left unrepresented. Now, (...) [The Guardian] 2012: the year we'll start talking to robots Finally, we're all going to be able to have a proper conversation with a robot
For human-computer conversations, 2012 is going to be a great year. We might actually start having proper, fluent exchanges with robots, chatting away as if we're the same species. All this is very fitting, as it's (...) [The Guardian] 4 zany futuristic ideas that could come true The death of investment banks! Robotic probes of the brain! Big changes are coming to the way we bank, educate our kids, eat, and treat diseases. [CNN Money]
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