Here is an interesting design concept from designer Arnaud Deloustal, the Oboe Humanoid Robot.The Oboe Humanoid Robot is designed to hang out with the elderly so that it can absorb, experiences, nowledge etc.

The transformation of accumulated information into actual knowledge is a matter of central importance for the iAS. But how is information turned into knowledge? Or, more generally, how does a society based on information become a society based on knowledge? To start with, we need to join the databases of technical information with those of [...]

The transformation of accumulated information into actual knowledge is a matter of central importance for the iAS. But how is information turned into knowledge? Or, more generally, how does a society based on information become a society based on knowledge? To start with, we need to join the databases of technical information with those of [...]