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Is it hard to find your better half?iliving&trends 17 June, 2017 12:30 1,203 0How about delegating this task to a bot on Facebook?Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window) Image credit: PSFK Print versionWhen do you want to meet someone new, what do you do? Do you go to a nightclub? Invites a person to have a coffee? Ask a friend to present a new contact? What do you think of having a modern helper for this task?Lara can help you find you better half. Lara is a bot from the Match.com dating site. She will look for people based on your interests.In a quick chat where she will ask your age, location and sexual preferences, she will prompt the user to open an account on the site – all in Facebook’s Messenger.Image credit: PSFKAfter setting up the account, Lara continues to ask questions about the qualities you expect to find in a potential partner and to send recommendations with pictures in the chat so you can choose what best fits your interests. It can scan up to 50 categories of user profile criteria, including astrological signs and personal imperfections.Whenever two users are of mutual interest, it’s a match! Who knows, if this is not the opportunity for singles to change their relationship status on Facebook. Despite all her sympathy, it’s just not worth falling in love with Lara, she’s a robot, ok?Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Comments comments
Playground made of recycled material ensures children in Africa play 15 September, 2017 17:30 2,921Ruganzu Bruno, while still an art student at Kyambogo University in Uganda, dreamed of being an artist like Picasso. One day he saw children playing in one of his garbage sculptures in the city. He realized then that he should shift the focus from the sculptures to playgrounds.
A robot fish monitors the water quality of fish farms 18 August, 2017 17:30 1,142A team of researchers from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid in conjunction with the University of Florence has developed a robot that monitors the quality of water and moves like a real fish.