STORY: Even in an economic downturn, technology companies and research institutes must carry on planning the technologies that will shape our lives in the future. The Jetsons' vision of robots in the home may not be too far off.
One such robot is Justin. Its developers at the German Aerospace Center DLR see robots helping with the chores both at home and in space.
[Cristoph Borst, German Aerospace Center]: "We are developing this robot for duel use. One use is in space as a robonaut. Because we are a German aerospace centre and another use is for domestic applications. So we plan to have it as a service robot in the household."
The German research organization Fraunhofer specializes in turning scientific concepts into practical applications. They have brought an image of how our bathrooms may be designed in the future.
[Dr. Edwin Noraska, Fraunhofer Researcher]: "This project is about helping people growing old in their home and for this purpose the system reminds people to follow a special sequence, for example to wash their hands when they get up from the toilet."
Past innovations from the Fraunhofer stable include the MP3 digital music format and their latest commercial application includes a mirror that appears to make clothes change color when they are held up in front of it.
But as one of Fraunhofer's researchers points out, there is more to it than meets the eye.
[David Schneider, Fraunhofer Researcher]: "Actually not, it changes more than that (the color). It sees the logo on the T-shirt, tracks the information and replaces it with another logo. In this case, a little film."
Even the computer is getting a makeover - thanks to Asus, the Taiwanese company that has been at the centre of the inexpensive miniature notebook phenomenon. Its new mini-PC puts the computer screen right on the keyboard.
[Cecilia Huang Fu, ASUS Marketing Director]: "It has all the functions that a normal PC can do. The amazing thing is you can just connect to your TV directly and put the TV screen on to your (keyboard) screen."
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