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Mood-Sensing Computer

handy_vandal writes "'A team at Vanderbilt University is ... developing a robotic assistant whose goal is .. [to] respond to the moods of its human master.' For use on the battlefield -- e.g. when a soldier is overcome with anxiety."

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  1. Re:Sad news ... Stephen King is dead at 55 by Helios292 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Can someone back this up with a news link? I can't find any reference to it anywhere.

    Thanks.

  2. Re:Sad news ... Stephen King is dead at 55 by diesel_jackass · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    yeah...
    1. go here.
    2. Scroll to the bottom and hit next.
    3. Repeat.

  3. Last Post! by alpg · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    BOFH excuse #361:

    Communist revolutionaries taking over the server room and demanding all the computers in the building or they shoot the sysadmin. Poor misguided fools.

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