life & style // 16

Hello Jibo!

» The robotic personal assistant

ea. Brittney MacDonald
@& Life & Style Editor

sige V lifeandstyle

ft | @theotherpress.ca

  

ver watch The Jetsons asa

kid? If you did, can you safely

say that you sometimes wished
for your very own Rosie? Enter
Jibo, the first robotic assistant
specifically designed for the
average, middle-class family.
Jibo is an interactive
artificial intelligence capable of
keeping track of your schedule,
messages, phone calls, photos,

and even your favourite take-out :

places. What puts it a step above
other similar technologies is
the conversational nature of its

be able to answer questions
and make recommendations,
but they cannot initiate the
communication. Jibo on the
other hand, can—and not
only that, but it can reply to
notifications, and place orders

  

program. Siri and Cortana might for you as well.

According to Jibo Inc.

: CEO and founder Dr. Cynthia

: Breazeal, the intent behind the

: Jibo project was to “humanize”

: technology, making it accessible
: and practical for the modern

: household and family. Breazeal

: has stated she wants technology

Image from ‘Jibo The World’s First Family Robot’ via Youtube

: to “help you, like a partner”

: as opposed to being a “tool.”

: Someone must have agreed,

: because Breazeal’s unique

: concept won her the 2014

: L'Oreal Next Generation Award.
Some of Jibo’s unique family :
: friendly functions include its
: ability to track faces and take

 

Meatless Monday: Zucchini
and potato baked salad

» For those pesky people who won't eat their veggies

  

Brittney MacDonald
ea, Life & Style Editor

wm Militeandstyle
@theotherpress.ca

It my ever present attempts
to save money, I found when
I examined my budget that
the majority of my cash was
paying for lunches and snacks
between or during classes. In
an effort to rectify this before
going completely bankrupt, I
decided to try packing lunches.
Unfortunately, for people like
me who can‘ go for that classic
ham sandwich or who are just
plain bored with PB&J, packing
a lunch means you have to get
a little creative. Making large
dinners to produce leftovers
that will then travel well in
Tupperware containers or that
can be eaten cold is a great
solution. Luckily this recipe
caters to both.

Begin by quartering your
zucchinis and then cubing
them. Keep the chunks large,
approximately the size of a six-
sided game die. Do the same
with the potatoes, making sure
they’re relatively the same size.

Prep your pepper by

   

 

Ingredients
2 medium zucchini

4 medium potatoes (peeled)

1 medium red bell pepper

1 clove garlic (sliced)

removing the core, then chop it
: up. You can either use the same
: size you did for the potatoes and
: zucchini, or you can make it a bit :
: smaller, it doesn’t really matter. :

Preheat your over to 400F.

As it’s heating, throw everything
: into a large bowl and begin

: tossing it around to spread the

: bread crumbs and seasoning

: evenly throughout. Add the

: paprika, salt, and pepper slowly
: to avoid getting weird globs of it
: stuck together. Once finished,

: transfer it toa medium baking:
: pan or casserole dish, and do not :
: cover it.

When your oven is ready,

: put it in on the middle rack and

 
    

’4 cup dry bread crumbs
% cup olive oil

1 tsp. paprika

4 tsp. salt

1 tsp. pepper

Image from Reformationacres.com

: bake it for one hour, pulling it
: out every 15 minutes to stir it
> around so you get an even colour

throughout. You'll know it’s

:; done when the potatoes are a

: golden brown. Because you will
: be taking it out periodically it

: might take a bit longer before

: it is done. The surest way to

: know it’s finished is to doa
taste test. Bite into one of the

; potato chunks (use the potato

; to measure doneness because

: itis denser than the zucchini

: and will naturally take longer to

cook), it should be somewhat

: crispy on the outside and tender
: on the inside.

: photos as well act as a screen

: for communication via video

: call, which the person being

: projected can control. Both

: of these functions are made

: possible through the patented

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: be moved when necessary.

Now fully sourced through

: crowd funding, Jibo is preparing
: for its beta stages. Currently

: pre-orders for the unit have been
: put on hold as the first wave of

: orders from the crowd funding

: campaign are being processed

: and filled. Those lucky few

: who backed the project early in

: production will be among the

: first to welcome home their new
_ : bundle of aluminum joy, and |

: for one, am crossing my fingers

: that all goes well so that the unit
: will be available for large scale

: retail purchase soon. Currently

: the first shipment of Jibos can be
: expected to be released around

: fall of 2015, with a second

: shipment released shortly after

: in the winter. Unfortunately,

: due to language barriers in the

: program Jibo is only going to be
: available in the United States

: and Canada, but according to

design that allows for 360 degree : the project's website, Jibo.com,

: rotation. The actual unit is
: stationary, but wireless, soitcan :

: the development team is already
: attempting to rectify this.

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