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- Thu, 16:17: Colin Angle of iRobot is building devices to help people to live in their own home as long as possible, support and communications. #FireX
- Thu, 16:21: Colin Angle: diagnostic telepresence robots in Bermuda linked to doctors in Massachusetts. Connectivity extending expertise. #FireX
- Thu, 16:28: A #FireX discussion on rules of autonomous robots. Angle replacing Asimov? First Law: "A robot should not be making life or death decisions"
- Thu, 16:48: The Revenge Of The Electric Car #FireX http://t.co/QC59mHGk
- Thu, 18:01: Connected cars are an interface problem. One if you get it wrong, someone dies. So voice, haptics, and smart steering wheels are key. #FireX
- Thu, 18:20: More interesting folk music via @noisetrade, with a free full album from Bison. http://t.co/HuNJmAAd (Think they need another S though...)
- Thu, 18:27: Flotilla - pod of at least five wild dolphins off the Malibu coast. http://t.co/WootAANF
- Thu, 18:32: So the UK needs to break down barriers between arts and sciences and create more engineers. Hmm. Anyone else remember the Finniston Report?
- Thu, 18:34: Not criticising the idea (my first two degrees came from an EE course at Bath that came out of the report) but there's a deeper problem.
- Thu, 19:09: Oooh. Just got my slot for ordering a Raspberry Pi!
- Thu, 19:35: RT @clarkekant: Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to play a didgeridoo and ride a unicycle and he'll move to Portland.
- Thu, 19:41: RT @marypcbuk: Wonderful Business Week cover on the Euro debacle http://t.co/SlBOchSv
- Thu, 21:57: Fascinating discussion of animal language. This is why I come to #FireX, to go out my comfort zone into pure science.
- Thu, 21:59: @DavidBrin1 I guess this makes prairie dogs as a candidate for eusocial uplift? #FireX
- Thu, 22:18: EU requiring privacy jurisdiction is a response to the existing legal framework where US exceptionalism applies. Seems fair! #FireX