Self-taught African Teen Wows M.I.T.

Let’s see, what was I doing at 15…

Pretty inspirational.

The rise of personal robots

From the excellent science blog Punctuated Equilibrium, a piece about MIT Media Lab’s Cynthia Breazeal and her absolute love for robots.

Cynthia Breazeal fell in love with robots after seeing Star Wars when she was a kid. As a grad student, she wondered why we were using robots on Mars, but not in our living rooms. The key, she realized: training robots to interact with people. Now she dreams up and builds robots that teach, learn — and play. This video shows a little of what she’s doing:

The place where crazy inventors create your future

MIT’s Media Lab contains all sorts of wacky forward-looking inventing engineers. Watch the vid below and read the article from the BBC to learn more about powered foot prostheses, automatic snack-makers, Guitar Hero, hand gesture controls, and more future-looking things.

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