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As that popular saying goes: Only in America.
If you’re concerned that the recession will bring this country to a complete halt, and I acknowledge it is causing genuine and serious pain, well, it’s time to rethink that thesis – at least for a moment.
I say that after coming across TOFU, a fuzzy, feathered owl-like robot from MIT graduate student and researcher Ryan Wistort.
Yes, he writes, his robot ”is named after the squashing and stretching food product.” Why? It also can “squash and stretch.”
And get this: He studied electrical engineering at the University of Washington in Seattle.
I point to Wistort because his work and outlook, as well as others from the MIT Media Lab’s Personal Robots Group, illustrate that innovation continues to prosper in the United States.
