Wednesday, April 11, 2007

NOW IS THE TIME ON SPROCKETS: Let's see if I can get this right. There's a robot named Keepon, and it looks like two tennis balls -- kind of cute -- and it dances. Oh yes, it dances. To Mac Dre's Thizzle Dance.
To Spoon's I Turn My Camera On. To Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's Over the Rainbow. Hard to explain, but mesmerizing.

Edited to add: Okay, I loved it already, but now that I know that Keepon was designed to help teach social interaction to children by modeling certain nonverbal social cues -- eye contact, awareness, excitement, curiosity -- Keepon is my hero.

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