heads and evaluating the electrical patterns of their brain waves, researchers can track the intensity of visceral responses such as anger, lust, disgust, and excitement. The fMRI, on the other hand, uses a giant magnet to track the blood flow throughout the brain as test subjects respond to visual, audio, or even taste cues.
In the field of marketing, scholars have agreed that there are three
CONTEMPORARY TOPICS 1
UNIT 1. PSYCHOLOGY : Happiness
Good morning, everybody. Today I want to get started with the main topic of this course; Happiness. First, I want to talk about how psychologists like myself measure happiness. Then we'll look at some common characteristics of happy people. And finally, we'll look at whether or not we can change our level of happiness, in other words
UINT6 ROBOTS
OK, let's get started. First. I'd like to review a basic definition of robot. Then we'll look at some examples of robots in history. And finally, we'll look at how robots are being used today.
One simple way to define robot is to say it's a machine, a mechanism that can move automatically, or by itself. Many people think a robot needs to look or think like a human, but as you'll
가상현실(virtual reality)은 하나의 대체현실(alternate reality)이다. 대체현실 자체는 전혀 새로운 개념이 아니다. 예를 들어, 대니엘 디포우(Daniel Defoe)의 <로빈슨 쿠루소(Robinson Crusoe)>는 대체현실을 다룬 대표적 작품으로 볼 수 있기 때문이다. 우리 나라의 경우는 <홍길동전> 같은 작품을 들 수가 있을 것이다.
뛰고 공을 차고 물건을 물고 다니며 갖가지 재롱을 피우는 애완견로봇AIBO(Artificial Intelligence Robot)은 1999년 5월 12일 소니에서 개발했다. 이와 같은 로봇의 개발은 일본 와세다 대학의 WABOT을 시작으로 박차를 가하기 시작했으며 이제는 일반인들도 쉽게 생활 속에서 로봇을 접할 수가 있다. 초기의 바퀴로