Ken Goldberg
Ken Goldberg
Kenneth Y. Goldbergis an American artist, writer, inventor, and researcher in the field of robotics and automation. He is the craigslist Distinguished Professor of New Media and Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, with joint appointments in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Art Practice, and the School of Information at the University of California, Berkeley. Goldberg also holds an appointment in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of California, San Francisco...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEducator
CountryUnited States of America
PowerPoint is the Rodney Dangerfield of software. It gets no respect.
Rather than tell men to have their prostates checked or to guard against heart disease, I urge them to drop the 'bulletproof' attitude, get involved in health screenings and realize that diseases can happen to anybody.
Biologists spend a great deal of time observing and recording nature using traditional video equipment. So we're trying to help them bring the latest technology into the field.
Nobody on the national or state level is leading the general charge toward making men's health care better. For instance, the National Institutes of Health has an office of women's health but none for men.
To have nature directly admitted into the San Francisco Opera House is pretty risky because of its unpredictability. As far as we know, nothing like this has ever been done.
We thought he was headed to a safe environment and a good chance to get control of his situation.
It's a hybrid system though, so it's collaborative not just among people but also among sensors. A change in the image can be requested by people or sensors and that request can be weighted depending on who or what is making it. If the chief biologist wants to see something, her request can override everything else.
It's satisfying to know that the U.S. Department of Education recognizes the expertise of our faculty and has selected us to lead the way in improving mathematics teacher recruitment, preparation and support.
I told him, ?You should live so long that you die from prostate cancer.
It's a perfect medium to target hard-to-reach audiences.
What was really interesting to me about 'The Telegarden' was this idea of connecting the physical world, the natural world, and the social world through the Internet.
I was interested in the questions that come up when the Internet gives you access not just to JSTOR libraries and to digital information, but also to things that are live and dynamic and organic in some way.
Epistemology has always been affected by technologies like the telescope and the microscope, things that have created a radical shift in how we sense physical reality.
As humans embrace new forms of social media to keep connected with friends and colleagues, our robots are becoming increasingly sociable.