The adorable, metallic-haired EMIEW 2 has been given permission to go on the internet and it’s going to use that privilege to find exactly where you left that stapler. First, the android uses its built-in camera to take a snapshot of objects and then queries the visual data online to recognise it. Then, as shown in Hitachi’s recent demonstration, it teams up with an array of cameras dotted around a hypothetical office. These help the robot seek out specific objects and guide puny humans to what they need — with some voice recognition thrown into the mix. Skeptical types can watch the robot find and destroy all that lost property right after the break.
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It was only a matter of time, right? The Wall Street Journal reports that Comcast is rolling out a VOD competitor for Amazon, Netflix and Hulu so it can grab a slice of the streaming video pie. Called Xfinity Streampix, it brings shows from NBC and ABC, along with movies from Sony Pictures and Warner Bros. Scheduled to launch this Thursday, the service will be rolled in for free with some existing cable packages and available on its own for $ 4.99 a month. For your five bucks, you get access to a back catalog of shows and movies on any internet-capable device, though, naturally we don’t know exactly how much content will be available when it goes live. What we do know is that price point puts Streampix well beneath the $ 7.99 asking price of its competition, so here’s hoping a VOD price war ensues.