Singapore's robot exercise coach for the elderly
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A good clip I overheard on the BBC regarding the use of robots in nursing homes in Singapore. For those currently doing the CJC holiday assignment on the impact of tech on employment, you may want to think about the stuff said in this clip.
- can jobs requiring human care -- once thought to be hard to replace by machines -- now come under threat as well?
- as mentioned in the clip, old pple need someone to talk to, to empathise with them, to listen to their past....would u want to do that to a robot? can they provide a listening ear? but before u laughed it off as ridiculous, note that perhaps we are already using tech as a cathartic outlet. Think of those times you confide online and pour out those stuff that you will never tell a living human being...
- our labour crunch...even volunteers cannot be there 24 hours each day, but robots can!
-consider also the recent healthscare in Singapore hospital where a nurse with TB spread it to children in the hospital ward (see HERE)...would robots not be safer when it comes to handling contagious diseases? What about the scandal on the hepatitis C in Tan Tock Seng hospital which is due to human lapses?
Our local version is called 'Xuan Xuan' (how uninspiring! like one of those pandas in our zoo!); there's a Japanese one called 'Pepper' (not 'Pebbles' , which I mistakenly told some of you previously. Pebbles is one of the powerpuff girls, right?). And isn't Pepper the Iron Man's sweetheart? Anyway, the Japanese version is already on sale in the market, and interestingly, came with a warning tag not to have sex with it. (see HERE). So for the perverts out there, forget about getting a Pepper to 'spice up' your life! (pun intended)
Note Pepper doesn't just do stuff, she is capable of 'small talk' with you. So those suffering from Snow White's stepmother syndrome can now have 'someone' to praise you for your beauty instead of something hanging from the wall....
Incidentally, why is Pepper a female? Doesn't this smack of gender discrimination? when it comes to a care-giver/slave/servant, it must be a female. Would it make a difference if Pepper is renamed the more masculine Casper? Jasper? or other spices like Samba, Belacan, Saffron, Ginger? hmm...Why do the Spice Girls come to mind?
Qn: How effectively is public health promoted and managed in your society? (Cam. 2015)
A good clip I overheard on the BBC regarding the use of robots in nursing homes in Singapore. For those currently doing the CJC holiday assignment on the impact of tech on employment, you may want to think about the stuff said in this clip.
- can jobs requiring human care -- once thought to be hard to replace by machines -- now come under threat as well?
- as mentioned in the clip, old pple need someone to talk to, to empathise with them, to listen to their past....would u want to do that to a robot? can they provide a listening ear? but before u laughed it off as ridiculous, note that perhaps we are already using tech as a cathartic outlet. Think of those times you confide online and pour out those stuff that you will never tell a living human being...
- our labour crunch...even volunteers cannot be there 24 hours each day, but robots can!
-consider also the recent healthscare in Singapore hospital where a nurse with TB spread it to children in the hospital ward (see HERE)...would robots not be safer when it comes to handling contagious diseases? What about the scandal on the hepatitis C in Tan Tock Seng hospital which is due to human lapses?
Our local version is called 'Xuan Xuan' (how uninspiring! like one of those pandas in our zoo!); there's a Japanese one called 'Pepper' (not 'Pebbles' , which I mistakenly told some of you previously. Pebbles is one of the powerpuff girls, right?). And isn't Pepper the Iron Man's sweetheart? Anyway, the Japanese version is already on sale in the market, and interestingly, came with a warning tag not to have sex with it. (see HERE). So for the perverts out there, forget about getting a Pepper to 'spice up' your life! (pun intended)
Note Pepper doesn't just do stuff, she is capable of 'small talk' with you. So those suffering from Snow White's stepmother syndrome can now have 'someone' to praise you for your beauty instead of something hanging from the wall....
Incidentally, why is Pepper a female? Doesn't this smack of gender discrimination? when it comes to a care-giver/slave/servant, it must be a female. Would it make a difference if Pepper is renamed the more masculine Casper? Jasper? or other spices like Samba, Belacan, Saffron, Ginger? hmm...Why do the Spice Girls come to mind?
Qn: How effectively is public health promoted and managed in your society? (Cam. 2015)
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