"I Pray You"

COTS Integration: Plug and Pray?

135 Management F or most software applications, the use of commercial off-the-shelf products has become an economic necessity. Gone are the days when upsized industry and government information technology organizations had the luxury of trying to develop—and, at greater expense, maintain—their own database, network, and user-interface management infrastructure. Viable COTS products are climbing...

I show you how I like you - can you read it in my face? [robotics]

We report work on a LEGO robot that displays different emotional expressions in response to physical stimulation, for the purpose of social interaction with humans. This is a first step toward our longer-term goal of exploring believable emotional exchanges to achieve plausible interaction with a simple robot. Drawing inspiration from theories of human basic emotions, we have implemented severa...

Am I You?

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I am with you.

T The light has gone, The air will come, You are a mother, father, daughter, or son, I am with you. A world of peace, Consciousness ceased, The bonds of flesh are being released, I am with you. The unexpected arises, The routine order capsizes, In need of rescue a hero arises, I am with you. The crisis is past, The disease outcast, With strength you ascend, pain gone at last, I am with you.

Samuel, I thank you.