Humans are extremely good at quickly teaching and learning new tasks through situated instructions; tasks such as learning a novel game or household chore.
The pals can pick them up and take them out for an activity or have them over to play a game, complete household chores, teach them how to use social media and other technology or simply to chat.
It wasn't just one game per household, but it was more like, kids had one version, mom had one version, dad had one version.
As more and more fans turn to digital video to watch games live or get highlights after the games, the household names tend to pick up a lot of that digital traffic.
That's more than two games per household.
Both Doritos spots also finished among the 10 most-viewed moments of the game in households that used TiVo digital video recorders to watch the Super Bowl.
"With so many people glued to the couch during the game, fewer households are using electricity for cooking, cleaning or anything else other than watching the tube," wrote Barry Fischer, who edits Opower's blog.
Officials said the boost provided by the London Olympic Games helped household spending to rise by 0.6% in the July to September period, its fastest growth since the second quarter of 2010.
And then, there's also a billion televisions – if Apple enters that market – not to mention cloud services, watches and glasses and heads-up car displays and games and household control systems and personal robots … and five more things I can't think of right now.
On the other hand, the migration of IT functionality to a plethora of new smart devices (like mobile phones, cars, aviation, game or households machines) has enabled the collection of a considerable number of data that can be characterized sensitive.
