Hologram Pet Robin Deering

FA102a, Research, Product Proposal, and TransMedia Explorations

Hologram Pet Robin Deering

Assignment Two, Research

“BOOK REVIEW | Almost Human: Making Robots Think” http://www.kurzweilai.net/almost-human-by-lee-gutkind-scientists-pursue-the-goal-of-robots-that-think

“Android Dreams” http://articles.latimes.com/2007/mar/18/books/bk-lord18

Hologram Pet Robin Deering

Assignment Two, Research

Machines made to mimic human attitudes and personalities (taken from “Android Dreams”)

Hologram Pet Robin Deering

Assignment Two, Research

Pets are intricately woven into humans’ daily lives, therefore will transition with humans and technology http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4672182/

Hologram Pet Robin Deering

Assignment Two, Research

“Engineers are designing robots whose movements closely mimic those of real animals” http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/01/the-future-of-pets/419133/

Hologram Pet Robin Deering

Assignment Two, Future Product or Service

Hologram Your Pet via Collar & Smartphone -Mimics movement in real time -Plays accompanying sounds -Reacts to human presence