Carina Dantas provided the Portuguese translation for the Godspeed Questionnaire Series. Please do continue to send me translation and I will put them online.
Interview on Radio Live with Mark Sainsbury
Just finished a radio interview with Mark Sainsbury on Radio Live. They run full hour program on robots and our society.
LEGO Mindstorms BB8 Balancing Robot
We have been working on balancing a robot on top of a ball, similar to what BB8 accomplishes. We used a robot balancing on top of the ball instead of inside it. This is work in progress.
Cadbury Energy Chocolate Scam
Many products are being sold that are suppose to increase your energy. Unless your food is completely indigestible, this will always be true. Food by definition has calories which provide you with energy. But food manufactures have moved on and this trivial definition of energy is rarely used. These days energy food typically contains Caffeine. In particular energy drinks, such as Red Bull, Mother and V contain a considerable dose. Continue reading “Cadbury Energy Chocolate Scam”
LEGO Pictorial Scales for Assessing Affective Response
We have just published a nice study in which we developed and tested Emotion Rating Figurines (ERF) that allows you to assess emotional responses. The figurines are base on LEGO Minifigures. We developed a questionnaire sheet and also a physical model.