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...hand in front of one, and its petals contract into a bud and turn bright green or red. Stand near another, and notice how the soft, ambient music in the background changes pitch. Now showing at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York City, through January 2004, Cyberflora Installation was created by Breazeal, a professor of media arts and sciences at M.I.T. Media Lab, and a team of her students. "So many robots are seen as mechanical drones that do physical labor," says Breazeal. "I wanted to communicate a more humane vision of technology and convey the notion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: A Garden of Robotic Delights | 7/14/2003 | See Source »

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