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Sunday

Weekend is almost over. Went out for a bit yesterday, saw Russel and Colleen. Got up and went to Wired's NextFest at the Javits Center this morning. It was cool, tons of geeks, but also families. The 2 things I thought were coolest were: a) a vein viewer by Memphis-based Luminetx Corp, see pic below,

Luminetx Corp VeinViewer at NextFest 2006 in New York City

and b) Kokoro's actroid, DER. The Japanese robotics company has managed to create a very realistic robot, you have to see her to believe it. She moves and talks, shows emotion, and by next year she will be able to walk. Blade Runner anyone? Or AI.

Cool Actroid DER at 2006 NextFest in New York City