January 2012
8 posts
Robots. Robots. Robots.
(Photo courtesy of Latitude’s research: Robots @ School)
Thanks to Prof. Michael Horn I’ve spent the past four weeks learning all about what happens when robots meet people! From toy dinosaurs to ‘bots that are highly expressive and classified as “sociable” - it is incredible to see how people from a range of ages interact with such technology. By trying to re-create a human-esk...
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MyRI: A Journey to Expose Creative, Cool People in... →
Andy Cutler wrote an amazing article about our journey. It is great to know that we are inspiring others in the Providence RI.
I can’t wait to be like Andy, who knows almost everyone in the city and connects everyone to help each other out. I love the “pay-it-forward” culture!
Hannah out.
Life lessons.
Yesterday we submitted our application to the Echoing Green Fellowship. I can’t help but reminisce back to all of the different competitions, fellowships, and grants that we’ve applied for with Jerry. What does it all add up to? Every time we’ve applied for something it forces us to articulate exactly what is is our business does. Each iteration has been better than the next, and more...
Work day 2
Providence is a very interesting city. I’ve never been to such a welcoming city. Everyone knows everyone (or it’s 1-2 circles away)!
This is my first time living in the East Coast, and I can’t wait to explore Providence more!
I love that I’m in the same space with Aaron. We are super efficient and can work while wearing our pjs! We even cooked dinner together :)
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Work Day 1
Work Day 1
Wow. First official day of “work” in Providence! Today we had the realization of how awesome it is to live with two incredible mentors Alan and Bari Harlam. They have been so nice to let us stay with them for our time here, and so open to giving us tremendously helpful feedback and advice.
Just got back from drinks with Andy Cutler, who has given us the warmest welcome with goodie bags...
