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Blinkbot

BlinkBot is a wearable glasses system that detects the wearer's gaze and blink and uses this to command a robot. The system was developed by Pranav Mistry of MIT Media Lab (and vice-president of Samsung Electronics since 2014 ) and Kentaro Ishii of JST and first published in 2010.

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BlinkBot is a wearable glasses system that detects the wearer's gaze and blink and uses this to command a robot. The system was developed by Pranav Mistry of MIT Media Lab (and vice-president of Samsung Electronics since 2014 ) and Kentaro Ishii of JST and first published in 2010.

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  1. publication date: 2010 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the publication date is "2010". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1311415955

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