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This reminds of that board meeting scene in Demolition Man with all the monoliths with screens each projecting a participant's face on them. It seems interesti

This reminds of that board meeting scene in Demolition Man with all the monoliths with screens each projecting a participant's face on them. It seems interesting but I wonder if people would welcome this. Having an iPad with my boss' face on it rolling behind me at work feels creepy.

nivla 14y ago
Actually this reminded me of that episode of Big Bang Theory where Sheldon gets paranoid about germs or something and builds a similar device to interact with others. It was also the episode where they bring in Steve Wozniak. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K1uj9VmCzo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K1uj9VmCzo
- tobias3 14y ago
  They used this one: http://www.willowgarage.com/pages/texai/overview http://www.willowgarage.com/pages/texai/overview (Competition coming soon https://www.suitabletech.com/ https://www.suitabletech.com/ )
  - cmansley 14y ago
    You mean spin-off company? Suitable is developing the Texai robot into a product.
    - willowgarage 14y ago
      This is all correct. Suitable is a spin-off from Willow Garage, with many of the same people involved. Suitable's first product is based off the Texai project from Willow. The Texai was featured on the Big Bang Theory in one episode.
  - nivla 14y ago
    Din't think it was a real product, thought it was something they rigged up for the show. Thanks for the link.
fosk 14y ago
For reference, this is the scene: http://ispr.info/files/2011/07/DemolitionMan.jpg http://ispr.info/files/2011/07/DemolitionMan.jpg
- jayfuerstenberg 14y ago
  That's the one!
macavity23 14y ago
You might not welcome it, but your boss would probably be keen - and he'll be paying :-)
mtrimpe 14y ago
Actually this reminds me of an interview with Doug Engelbart talking about molding CRT displays to the shape of heads and using them as the ultimate telepresence robots.
aneth4 14y ago
How about having an iPad with your boss' fade on it rolling behind everyone at the same time?
sp332 14y ago
Or the movie Surrogates, where everyone just uses a robot avatar for everything, and never actually leave their houses.

nivla 14y ago

Actually this reminded me of that episode of Big Bang Theory where Sheldon gets paranoid about germs or something and builds a similar device to interact with others. It was also the episode where they bring in Steve Wozniak. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K1uj9VmCzo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K1uj9VmCzo

tobias3 14y ago
They used this one: http://www.willowgarage.com/pages/texai/overview http://www.willowgarage.com/pages/texai/overview (Competition coming soon https://www.suitabletech.com/ https://www.suitabletech.com/ )
- cmansley 14y ago
  You mean spin-off company? Suitable is developing the Texai robot into a product.
  - willowgarage 14y ago
    This is all correct. Suitable is a spin-off from Willow Garage, with many of the same people involved. Suitable's first product is based off the Texai project from Willow. The Texai was featured on the Big Bang Theory in one episode.
- nivla 14y ago
  Din't think it was a real product, thought it was something they rigged up for the show. Thanks for the link.

fosk 14y ago

For reference, this is the scene: http://ispr.info/files/2011/07/DemolitionMan.jpg http://ispr.info/files/2011/07/DemolitionMan.jpg

jayfuerstenberg 14y ago
That's the one!

macavity23 14y ago

You might not welcome it, but your boss would probably be keen - and he'll be paying :-)

mtrimpe 14y ago

Actually this reminds me of an interview with Doug Engelbart talking about molding CRT displays to the shape of heads and using them as the ultimate telepresence robots.

aneth4 14y ago

How about having an iPad with your boss' fade on it rolling behind everyone at the same time?

sp332 14y ago

Or the movie Surrogates, where everyone just uses a robot avatar for everything, and never actually leave their houses.