Robot Day (week 29)

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Sketchy Robots picture of Alice (2018)
As it was national Science week, I took a young friend to enjoy Robot Day at the Quad in Derby. There were many interesting innovations and projects in development being demonstrated as well as a variety of lectures on Robotics, AI and related themes.
I was particularly pleased to meet "Sketchy" the drawing robot who drew a likeness using an android phone picture taken at the time to create and then execute a line drawing. Whilst not as sophisticated as Aaron, the pictures created were definitely unique and recognisable as sketchy's work.

Also of particular interest was an R&D company investigating nano skin. During the Netrologix lecture, the possibilities of a new type of skin, capable of immense data capture via nanotechnology was demonstrated. The company was initially formed as part of a student project investigating an alternative drug/needle method of administrating medicines, and is now engaged in exciting R&D in Edinburgh, which was encouraging considering the entrepreneurship project we are currently embarked on.

I asked if the nanotech could be reversed to stimulate nerve endings on humans with applications for use to simulate touch in VR etc and was enthusiastically answered with a resounding yes and that this was already being investigated.

This would have huge implications for Vir-Toile of course, and again proves that our concepts are feasible.

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