Andrew Price
Kelly Dobson works at the MIT Media Lab exploring the visceral, emotional, and psychological relationships we have with machines. She just demonstrated "blendie" at Pop!Tech. It's a blender that runs when you mimic the sound a blender makes. Is it practical? Unclear. Is it hilarious? Undoubtedly. See a video demonstration of blendie here.
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