Gadgetory

i'm brian bishop and i'm controlling you with my mind this is 1990 presented by ford the watson supercomputer excels at many things but manners not so much IBM was forced to cleanse the computer's memory after it realized Watson had picked up some bad habits from the online urban dictionary Watson memorized the site wall and development it wasn't able to tell when certain responses were appropriate or not at one point the computer even responded to a question by saying our computer overlords are here and apparently they're george carlin if you think flu season is a bit harsh this year Google agrees the company operates Google Flu Trends which tracks the regularity of new related searches according to its data the 2013 season is already proving to be moderate to severe something mini CES attendees can attest to results are so good in fact the Center for Disease Control has made Google a partner vitamin C people get something while the Kinect has proven to be an intriguing way to interact with machines companies at CES are already looking ahead to the next big thing from depth cameras to gaze trackers the showroom floor is filled with new interfaces from a wide variety of companies Toby's eye tracking software is already set to appear in some new television sets one thing is for sure the future of user interaction is going to be anything but boring and those are the latest stories join us in 90 minutes we'll be taking a look at guys at CES wearing top hats what's the deal