Robots for Home Care

The health care industry is struggling to keep up with seniors’ needs, and one method that has had some success is through the use of home care robots, which was highlighted in the 2012 movie, Robot & Frank.

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The Club House 12/6/13

Like godfather like godson: Terry Kemp emulates his mentor Rog Phillips and promotes his book – and reviews a number of fanzines along the way.

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Making the Grade with the Walking Dead

How does fandom verify the accuracy of scientific particulars when dealing with fantastical subjects like apocalypse and reanimated dead? We go back to school and enroll in a course called “Society, Science, Survival: Lessons from AMC’s The Walking Dead.”

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ABSOLUTE ZERO: Cool Websites, Very Cool

Who doesn’t love a good cartoon? Anyone?  Anyone?  Bueller?  Bueller? From Disney’s inception of Steamboat Willie (still under copyright, lol) to Max Fleischer, thru Betty Boop, to the zaniness and (inappropriate?) violence of Chuck Jones […]

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We Can be Heroes

The conversation got me thinking about heroes and what characteristics are expected of a hero from generation to generation.

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