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Thinking Computer

Lisa talks to Dr. Randal Nelson, Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Rochester. He and his team of researchers are developing a computer with "eyes" - video cameras, to be more accurate - that can locate objects in a room and can understand what they are. In the future, this technology could be used to build robots that repair space stations or simply fetch a glass of milk.

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