Word: hansons
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...varying degrees, all the robots on display imitate the look and behavior of living creatures, a form of engineering known as biomimicry. A robot designed by David Hanson, president and director of Dallas-based Hanson Robotics, to look like Albert Einstein can hold a plausible conversation (it understands 130,000 words) accompanied by convincing hand gestures. Its subtle facial expressions are facilitated by Frubber, a patented polymer that simulates facial skin...
...This moment is the Kitty Hawk of androids," Hanson says. "We're seeing the arrival of conversational robots that can walk in our world. It's a golden age of invention." Can conscious robots...
...About 90 venture capitalists turned down the opportunity to fund DeepStream before London-based Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures led a $19 million round. Crosier says the company is in preproduction mode with some electrical-equipment vendors (he declines to identify them) that could become full-blown production deals by early next year...
...inclined to laugh, if one were not so numbed. This movie, which was written by Josh Friedman, is less a response to a novel than it is a synopsis of it-ploddingly plotted, enlivened by the occasional shock occurrence, lacking that attention to mood and nuance which made Curtis Hanson's version of another Ellroy novel, L.A. Confidential, such a rich, rewarding entertainment a few years ago. You begin to wonder: maybe it's time to give film noir a rest. The academics have had their fun with it; no genre has attracted more scholarly attention in recent years...
...responsibilities of the former Prefect Program. In the meantime, Viswanathan has her internship to keep her busy.“I am happy to confirm that Kaavya will be working with the 85 Broads team in Greenwich, CT. on a number of exciting projects,” Janet Hanson, the founder of 85 Broads, writes in an e-mail, adding that Viswanathan will be working on “a variety of projects that have a global scope” during her time there.Last summer, 85 Broads had 12 interns in Greenwich, according to Hanson.“Kaavya...