What would animals say if tech let them talk? Nothing good, probably.

When you see an orangutan play a projected video game you have some thoughts: "Animals, they're just like us!" and "How long till she's playing Halo?"

It's hard not to compare the reactions of animals interacting with digital technology to our own. We might even imagine starting a cross-species conversation, given some time and software updates. But, if we could use technology to enable animals to really talk to us, would your cat's first sentence be flattering? Probably not.

A study at the Melbourne Zoo exposed six orangutans to interactive projections using an Xbox One and its Kinect motion controller. They could choose from games like "burst," in which they touched moving dots to explode them into a circle of color, and "paint," in which they could select colors and draw. Read more...