Microsoft to Make Computers “Humanistic”….meet Laura, Redmond’s Robotic Receptionist

Craig Mundie, Microsoft’s Chief Research and Strategy Officer, says the industry is on the "cusp" of making computing more "humanistic."  To demonstrate where this may be going, he shares a video of a prototype robotic receptionist at work at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond. 

Mundie showed this video during his keynote address at the Technology
Review EmTech08 on the MIT campus last month.  I interviewed him
immediately after his presentation.  We have excerpted segments of
"Laura" the robotic receptionist. It is pretty cool.

— Andy Plesser, Executive Producer