Not ready for robots in homes? The maker of a friendly new humanoid thinks it might change your mind

Meet Sprout, a New Kind of 'Approachable' Robot

As a new robot called Sprout walks around a Manhattan office, nodding its rectangular head, lifting its windshield wiper-like "eyebrows" and offering to shake your hand with its grippers, it looks nothing like the sleek and intimidating humanoids built by companies like Tesla. Sprout's charm is the whole point. A...

Not ready for robots in homes? The maker of a friendly new humanoid thinks it might change your mind

As the new robot called Sprout walks around a Manhattan office, nodding its rectangular head, lifting its windshield wiper-like “eyebrows” and offering to shake your hand with its grippers, it looks nothing like the sleek and intimidating humanoids built by companies like Tesla.

For The Sake Of The Song: Daniel Lanois “The Maker”

Back in the mists of time (1989) and after waiting longer than most, I finally got around to buying a CD player and, having done so, went out and acquired a couple of albums I fancied on the shiny new format.  One of these was Daniel Lanois’ “Acadie”.  Dripping atmosphere and with more than a few famous friends on board, the French- Canadian’s debut sounded pretty stunning through the new system. Recorded in New Orleans, the record was suffused …