Check out these bags by Rachel Lozada at Etsy. The totes fold up into a tiny square, while the shoulder bags are reversible — two bags in one! They’re so cute. And they’re made by my cousin, Rachel Lozada, a busy mom who sews like crazy during nap time. (Theirs, not hers. I think.)
Actually, it’s pretty cool. Then again, it’s not just pretty cool — it’s extremely cool. Icy even.
Most people have an idea of what a robot should do: it should serve us –- cart snacks over to the couch, rub our feet, make the bed. Kind of like a slave, which is when all the worries about robot consciousness crop up. Uh oh!
But the technology coming out of robotics allows your camera to self-focus and gets rid of pink-eye. It’s also allowing for better medical treatment with regard to, for example, prostate surgery (just went to a lecture on this last night, with video).
In fact, maybe someday –- and this is the most fascinating robot-related research I’ve read about recently — you’ll be able to pull a mobile phone out of your pocket and morph it into a laptop. Seriously. I’m shivering over here.
LINKS:
- “Intel Talks Up Our Wire-Free, Robot-Ruled Future”
- “Ready for the Robot Revolution”
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