robo-nurse

The Japanese Times wrote that the Japanese government has invested more money (about $20 million) for the 2013 budget alone (I don’t know the figures of how much in total the gov’t has invested in over the years), to develop ‘nursing care robot equipment’ for their aging population.  They’re preparing for the near-term when the number of Japanese over 65 is expected to increase by 30 percent in the next twelve years, requiring an expected 2.32 million to 2.44 million caregivers to look after them. And how much has the U.S. invested in nursing care robot technology?  This is not
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pulling me over

Technological similarities utilized for electronic tolling are being applied to the automation of speeding tickets in which high speed cameras supplant being pulled over.  While none of us likes to pay these, we have a choice – we can drive safely, and for those of us who don’t heed the speed limit, we can help support our local, bankrupted governments, and most importantly, leave the understaffed police and traffic officers for more important public safety issues.  This also eliminates all the ‘gawkers’ that slow traffic down. This will one day become a non-issue as sensors in both the roads and
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Boosting My Brain?

Not long ago, I was blogging about a neural boost, not even knowing that the first Global Future 2045 Congress, was about to take place.  Of course, if I had read my 100s of Google Alerts (all contain a variation on topic of ‘robot’/‘robotics’), sitting in my Inbox, perhaps I would have known.  See, I just can’t keep up!  How do some of these people do it?  Are they like a speed scanner?  How much do they scan/read per day, that they remember?  Can you guess what I will say next – like Ray Kurzweil? (Yup, I have brain envy).
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