On this episode of Spark: Roombas, Goodbye Emails and Facebook Mea Culpas
- University of Calgary grad student Paul Saulnier hacks a Roomba vacuum so that it moves away from you when you're angry
- Saul Greenberg explains why it's hard for computers to understand what humans are thinking and feeling
- The CBC's Sean Prpick says a Roomba vacuum brought pain to his marriage
- Futurist Jamais Cascio looks at how we relate to robots and what we can expect from the new domestic robots
- Megan Hustad wonders why we're compelled to send out bland "goodbye emails" on our last day of work
- Spark listeners weigh-in on goodbye emails
- Al Rae uses Facebook to find old friends and say he's sorry for the past (full item)
- Nora invites you to listen to next week's feature interview with James Boyle about copyright and protecting the public domain
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