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Zoom adds virtual receptionist feature where remote workers can do ‘office’ tasks at home

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When the pandemic forced employees to work from home, Zoom emerged as the go-to teleconferencing app. Now as many are contemplating a return to their real-world offices, the company is updating its offerings to address a post-COVID future. This week, Zoom unveiled Kiosk Mode, part of its Zoom Rooms program for physical conference rooms, which … Read more

Cyborg cockroaches designed to complete tasks inside your HOME can carry objects across the room

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Cyborg cockroaches designed to complete tasks inside your HOME can carry objects across the room, transform into a display and draw objects on paper Cyborg cockroaches could soon be unleashed in homes to complete tasks Scientists programmed them to transport objects, along with other skills The team calls them ‘Calmbots,’ which can reach places other robots … Read more

Paper folding tasks can reduce nausea by more than half, study finds 

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Carrying out regular ‘pen-and-paper’ exercises can reduce nausea during travel by more than 50 per cent, UK scientists claim.  Cognitive training tasks, including identifying how patterns would appear on transparent paper when folded, help ‘train the brain’ to reduce feelings of nausea in-transit, they say.  Motion sickness, which creates a sensation of wooziness, can occur … Read more

Ex-Google executive unveils helper ‘Stretch’ equipped with arm to help with simple household tasks

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Ex-Google executive unveils robotic helper ‘Stretch’ equipped with gripper arm to help with simple household tasks Stretch is a robot designed to facilitiate research into household robotics It has a robotic arm and gripper attached to a wheeled platform  It was released by Hello Robot for $17,950 after three years of development   The bot can … Read more