We identified several barriers to robot-acceptance, including older adults' uneasiness with technology, feeling of stigmatization, and ethical/societal issues associated with robot use.
In their place is a resurgent high-technology Europe, feeling increasingly confident, buoyed by a strengthened economy, and less inclined to take a backseat to the United States in technology leadership.
There was no significant difference between the group that received the information and the control in assessment of risk of the technology, feelings of insecurity, attitude toward establishing a plant in the neighbourhood or intentions to seek additional information.
With the growing geography + mobile, IM, blogging field developing with Twitter and Outside.in, these technologies are also feeling quite timely for launch.
More than $100m has been invested in wearables through crowdfunding sites, which he cites as evidence of their huge potential: "Technology companies are feeling their way in the dark, but we expect innovative features to appear first on wearable devices that will be integrated into smartphones and other consumer electronics devices".
If you find yourself being less present with live human beings, getting swept away by the technology tornado or just feeling ready to break up with technology so you can feel more connected with yourself and loved ones, then the following tips will help you get back online with life.
I was addicted to the buzz surrounding new technologies, the feeling of seeing opportunities and grabbing them.
It may not be the sexiest sector, but human resources technology (or "human capital management" (HCM) technology, if you're feeling trendy) is hot right now.
Every few months I'm reminded of the intensity of feeling some technologies – be they physical objects (they usually are) or web services – engender in a certain subset of the human population.
Capecelatro has been interested in how he can connect people with technology, especially in light of reports that show increased use of technology leads to people feeling more isolated and depressed.
Nor is technology the only industry feeling the squeeze.
