Some of Our Sources
- TutsPlus - Code
- Pearsonified
- Abduzeedo
- Fuel Your Creativity
- 24 Ways
- Design Modo
- Android Dissected
- Codrops
- Willems Lab
- The Verge
Help Webnuz
Referal links:
April 27, 2017 02:00 am
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/tZL_2--W9G4/will-the-high-tech-cities-of-the-future-be-utterly-lonely
Will the High-Tech Cities of the Future Be Utterly Lonely?
adeelarshad82 writes from a report via The Week: The prospect of cities becoming sentient is "fast becoming the new reality," according to one paper. Take Tel Aviv for example, where everyone over the age of 13 can receive personalized data, such as traffic information, and can access free municipal Wi-Fi in 80 public zones. But in a future where robots sound and objects look increasingly sentient, we might be less inclined to seek out behaviors to abate our loneliness. Indeed, one recent study titled "Products as pals" finds that exposure to or interaction with anthropomorphic products -- which have characteristics of being alive -- partially satisfy our social needs, which means the human-like robots of tomorrow could kill our dwindling urge to be around other humans.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/tZL_2--W9G4/will-the-high-tech-cities-of-the-future-be-utterly-lonely
Share this article:
Tweet
View Full Article
Slashdot
Slashdot was originally created in September of 1997 by Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda. Today it is owned by Geeknet, Inc..More About this Source Visit Slashdot