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Rosalind Picard explains her work in using technology to decode and respond to emotion, and how it relates to...
Rosalind Picard explains where the technology of robotics is just now, and why she could never see a robot as a...
One key scientific development that has ethical implications is the attempt to enhance human abilities through...
Some scientists believe that we are nothing more than biological robots. The difficulty they have to live with is...
Former Chief Executive of the UK Meterological office, Sir John Houghton, talks about...
Science is progressing all the time - will we one day have proof for God? What are the limits...
Rosalind points out the flaws that she sees in the logic of the 'humans as robots' argument.
What are some of the basic things Christians should bear in mind when thinking about new medical technologies?
Over the last ten years Rosalind Picard's group has started thinking about autism. Their technology can be...
An explanation of some of the challenges for people living with autism, and an example of how affective computing...
It is easy for scientists to just follow their love of learning. However over the last 5 years communication...
Technology can 'democratize' communication by allowing people who otherwise wouldn't be able to...
The vast majority of scientific funding in medicine and engineering goes to funding research that benefits...
Measuring audience reactions.
An example of how using small cameras to give real time information on a person's emotional state can help those...
Rosalind Picard explains the benefits of consulting the people they are trying to help at every stage of the process.
Technology always potential negative uses of any technology, and scientists cannot just assume that people will...
One of the biggest ethical questions that we will face over the next ten or twenty years is going to be...
We have been doing enhancement of some sort for a long time through education, vaccines, etc. But that is...
There is a huge spill over effect from the developed to the developing world. Denis Alexander discusses how...