Robots are becoming more common in our lives. And while they may not have "feelings", perhaps the way we treat them reflects more on our character than we previously thought.
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eParenting and Parenting in the 21st Century
eParenting used to mean keeping your kids safe on the Internet, however now it has a wider scope including parenting with the use of technology, and distance parenting. Curated by Peter Mellow |
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Robots are becoming more common in our lives. And while they may not have "feelings", perhaps the way we treat them reflects more on our character than we previously thought.
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Do I need to explain to my son that a bot will never have his back?
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How internet-connected robots are helping combat the scourge of isolation and loneliness.
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Researchers at Yale University propose using robots to improve the social skills of autistic children.
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Robots may make half of today’s jobs obsolete in 20 years. What careers will be left when our children grow up?
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Toys and games that involve friends and family members are more than just fun: they can foster new skills, challenge children to work in a team and encourage thinking and idea development.
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MIT’s Sherry Turkle has concerns about Jibo and other sociable AI.
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For better and worse, toys powered by AI are becoming an intimate part of kids’ lives.
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I must prepare my sons to adapt to the fourth industrial revolution – but that means sending them to schools that are equipped to exceed the averages
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For third-grade students, it’s easier to build a motorized beehive than be a good teammate. So when we coached my son’s robotics group we spent a lot of time on social skills.
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A University of California Irvine research project may be the first of its kind to attempt to measure the impact and feasibility of the use of robots to bring homebound students into the classroom when they can't be there physically.
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Prepping the kids
Reddy is prepping his two teenage sons for what's ahead.
He insists they get undergraduate engineering degrees ("it is the root of everything"), no matter what career they go into. He pushes them to be good in the arts, which he figures isn't going to be automated. And he gets them into sports for the whole team work, perseverancy and competition thing.
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The advent of social robots is giving rise to new possibilities in paediatric health care. But will they replace human specialists?
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The FIRST robotics competition brings school students together to build a robot to complete a challenge. And it's an inspiring way to encourage interest in STEM.