A hug a day ...For generations, ailing kids have taken their teddy bears with them to the hospital. Who better to provide a little TLC TLC total lung capacity; thin-layer chromatography. TLC abbr. 1. thin-layer chromatography 2. ? Soon, teddy bears actually might help heal sick children. Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at Cambridge; coeducational; chartered 1861, opened 1865 in Boston, moved 1916. It has long been recognized as an outstanding technological institute and its Sloan School of Management has notable programs in business, are designing a robotic teddy bear called "the Huggable." The Huggable will not be an ordinary stuffed animal
A stuffed animal is toy animal stuffed with straw, beans, cotton or other similar materials. Some stuffed animals are very old – home made cloth dolls stuffed with straw go back to at least the . When kids give this bear a squeeze, sensors beneath its for will monitor temperature, pulse, and other vital signs. The bear's "findings" will be relayed to a computer at the nurses' station. Researchers expect to have test models of the Huggable ready by 2007. They say that it will be as lovable as the cuddly cud·dle v. cud·dled, cud·dling, cud·dles v.tr. To fondle in the arms; hug tenderly. See Synonyms at caress. v.intr. To nestle; snuggle. n. teddy bear you used to squeeze at night. |
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