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Baby Meets Big Brother For Science

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the all-about-learning dept.

dylanduck writes "A baby is to be monitored by a network of microphones and video cameras for 14 hours a day, 365 days a year, in an effort to unravel the seemingly miraculous process by which children acquire language. I guess that's what happens when your pop works at MIT's Media Lab. Thankfully his parents can switch off the surveillance for 'private' moments and delete short scenes. All the footage is being classified by algorithms."

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  1. The mom... by crazyjeremy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Meanwhile, the baby's mother (a hot Brazillian model) is not told about the cameras. The baby's father (the rich MIT geek) is clueless why his buddies picked HIS house to do the experiment.

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  2. Footage Classifications by El_Smack · · Score: 5, Funny


    4% Pooping
    26% Fussiness
    8% Crying
    18% Eating
    21% Drooling
    22% Peek a Boo
    1% Language Acquisition

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    1. Re:Footage Classifications by Pastis · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's spelled

      22% Pick a Boob

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