Robots+in+Education

[|Aging Japan Eyes Cutting-Edge Technology] From USA Today 10-04-07 "With nearly 22 percent of Japan's population already aged 65 or older, businesses here have been rolling out everything from easy-entry cars to remote-controlled beds, fueling a care technology market worth some $1.08 billion in 2006, according to industry figures."

[|Institute for Personal Robots in Education]

[|Latest Buzz Words in Science: Robot Swarms] From USA Today 05-19-05 "Scientists worldwide see the possibilites in networked robots that share the load in such tasks as surveillance, military action and negotiating space. Robotmakers find inspiration for their programs in nature: the behavior of bee, ant, and wasp colonies, as well as of flocks of birds and schools of fish."

[|Robot Curriculum Attracts Programmers] From USA Today 05-27-07 "Schools across the country are taking steps to broaden the appeal of the major. More than a dozen universities have adopted "media computation" programs, a sort of alternate introduction to computer science with a New Media vibe. The classes, which have been launched at schools from the University of San Francisco to Virginia Tech, teach basic engineering using digital art, digital music and the Web."

[|Robot Visits Patients When Doctor Can't] From USA Today 07-13-07 "A chart-review study of 376 of the doctor's patients found that the 92 patients who had additional robotic visits had shorter hospital stays. Gandsas' study appears in the July issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons."