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

This episode features Creative Commons music and sound effects:

• "Wadidyusay?" by Zap Mama
• Hornet (Scottz Filtered Sandwich Edit) by scottaltham
• cell beeps by cognito perceptu
• LiveCut_light_switch by mdsp
• Exurb by Gurdonark
• ditto, ditto! by DoKashiteru
• 19_VACCL.wav by ReWired
• Parametaphoriquement by gmz
• I dunno by grapes
• Leave It to Roll-Oh (1940) from Prelinger Archives
• Home Electrical Appliances (1944) from Prelinger Archives

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