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RELATIONABLE SIRI. "Talk to Siri as you would to a friend" is how Apple's Siri site introduces the virtual personal assistant. https://lnkd.in/e7gBgD6 View in LinkedIn

FRAGMENT FROM NATURE this weekend continues on the L-form bacteria advocates' claims about a link between L-forms and chronic disease, namely, by the vitamin D receptor. Vitamin D deficiency has been the subject of concern in the medical community, and we will look briefly at this topic. View in LinkedIn

SIRI. "Siri worked with voice recognition/dictation firm Nuance Communications Inc. (NUAN) to give the new app responsive voice recognition. Nuance was known for its Dragon Dictation PC software and its work on voice recognition in Ford Motor Comp.'s (F) SYNC and MyFord Touch voice recognition software. The Siri app launched in Feb. 2010 in the iTunes App Store." http://www.dailytech.com/ExSiri+CEO+Poaches+Apple+to+Create+Viv+The+Global+Brain/article36387.htm View in LinkedIn

ELECTRIC SMELL. "I’m working on ways to digitize our sense of smell. This will lead to an interface which can produce a range of smell sensations without any chemicals, hence allowing different types of smells to be sent through the internet." http://mixedrealitylab.org/ View in LinkedIn

WILDFIRE, VIRTUAL PERSONAL ASSISTANT with personality. ''One time I screamed an unprintable injunction and she said, 'I'm sorry, I cannot perform that function,' Mr. Black said. ''Wildfire also sighs when you call it in the middle of the night, and if you tell it you are depressed, it responds: 'Great. Now I'm a therapist.' '' My memorable first PA. https://lnkd.in/emgEd8H View in LinkedIn

LONG DISTANCE LOVE. "Humans will be able to experience new types of communication environments using all of the senses, where we can see virtual objects in the real environment, virtually touch someone from a distance away, and smell and taste virtual food. We will be able to communicate our feelings and emotions to each other more effectively with all of our senses." http://mixedrealitylab.org/ View in LinkedIn

CHERRY 2000 (1987). "In the year 2017, Sam Treadwell lives in a society where romance, economics and technology have evolved into a state where relationships of all sorts are commodities. When he breaks his android wife, Cherry 2000, he hires E. Johnson, to guide him across a dangerous apocalyptic wasteland to an abandoned manufacturing plant where he hopes to find a duplicate model Cherry 2000 to replace it with." Memorable cult film. https://lnkd.in/e5BViSJ View in LinkedIn

IMAGINE a mixed reality Samantha in the film Her. Touch, smell, taste, evolving AI. All virtual. View in LinkedIn

BLADE RUNNER (1982). "The film depicts a dystopian Los Angeles in November 2019, in which genetically engineered replicants, which are visually indistinguishable from adult humans, are manufactured by the powerful Tyrell Corporation as well as by other "mega-corporations" around the world." For genetic Replicants, think also Claytronic Telepario look-a-likes. https://lnkd.in/eQijj8B View in LinkedIn

MIXED REALITY. "In mixed reality, the real and virtual worlds will eventually merge as one, to produce new environments where physical and digital objects will co-exist and interact in real time." https://lnkd.in/evzgUmJ View in LinkedIn