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Featured Articles » New Trial on Corindus Vascular Robot Selected for Better Cardiology Procedures » Robot Vacuum Speaks Japanese, Dances and Watches the Dog » Robots Replacing Doctors? Nah, Not Yet   Sponsored By: M2M Evolution Conference & Expo - Austin, Texas At M2M Evolution Conference in Austin, Texas, you can meet and mingle with experts in transportation, security, health, cold chain, automotive, and safety to discuss the strategies for M2M growth as well as the new business of proactive response centers - people who use M2M technology to buy time and avoid risk. Technology companies ranging from wireless carriers, platform companies, and device manufacturers will present and discuss their roles in creating effective technologies and procedures that work to create an ecosystem for actionable data and information. At M2M Evolution, you are face-to-face with companies merging M2M Technology with the business needs of the deploying enterprise.   Top Stories » Titan Medical Signs Research Agreement with Vanderbilt University » Willow Garage Introduces Open Source Robotics Foundation   From The Expert Corner May 09, 2012 Need a Stunt Double for School or Work? Call Your Friendly Neighborhood Robot By Jacqueline Lee Contributing Writer Sometimes you just don’t feel like getting out of bed. Maybe it’s a cold, or maybe you just want to pull a Ferris Bueller and spend the day doing other things. Soon, you may have the ability to send a buddy in your stead, thanks to your friendly neighborhood robot, VGo. VGo is a robotic telepresence that has been deployed in schools, businesses and healthcare environments. The machine essentially allows users to video conference from afar. Instead of setting up a stationary camera in your classroom, you can send VGo, who has the ability to turn on wheels so that students can point the camera in a variety of directions. With VGo, students at home can travel from class to class and even interact with their friends in the hallway. Of course, VGo has many other uses aside from filling in for the chronically truant. Students or workers with disabilities, for instance, can send VGo in their place to class or events. The robot connects via LTE (News - Alert), so operators don’t have to worry about using a constant Wi-Fi connection... Read More   From The Blogs Robo-Calls May 11, 2012 By: Peter I need to learn not to answer the phone if I don't know the caller. It's always robo-calls. And it is usually a Level3 number! 407-412-9892 was the Florida PAL. When did they start robo-dialing? I don't give money to phone solicitors anyway, but robo-dialing for dollars? How does that work? 469-341-0230 is another Google Local Search results call. I get a lot of those. Does this actaully work? I would guess that it would have stopped if it didn't. The FCC is useless when it comes to robo-dialing. It really needs to be stopped by our own industry, but there are too many greedy and needy  folks in this industry for it to ever stop... Read More    Featured Videos Here's the Thing: High-Tech Camping    Featured Resources » The True Cost of Protection » Tolly Report on Endpoint Security » Threatpost Spotlight   TMCnet's Blogs » A Day Full of News   Featured Channels » Healthcare Robotics » Industrial Robotics » Military Robotics   Advertise With Us   General advertising Info: Click here      Become a TMCnet columnist! Become a TMCnet columnist! Want to contribute your expertise to a growing audience of technology professionals? Become a writer, blogger or columnist for the TMCnet Web site and this newsletter. Contact TMCnet Group Editorial Director, Erik Linask, at elinask@tmcnet.com for details.

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