Orangutans at a zoo use iPads to communicate
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Orangutans at a zoo use iPads to communicateThe Telegraph: Orangutans using iPads
I guess this means these orangutans are smarter than my grandparents."They are sort of trapped in those bodies," Ms Jacobs said. "They have the intelligence that they need to communicate, but they don't have the right equipment, because they don't have voice boxes or vocal chords. So this gives them a way to let us know what they know, what they are capable of, what they would like to have." -
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Re: Orangutans at a zoo use iPads to communicateMind you, the orangutans would probably do a better job of running the country.(Original post by Bill_Gates)
MP's in the UK will be given ipads too, very similar story. -
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Re: Orangutans at a zoo use iPads to communicateNice one!(Original post by Bill_Gates)
MP's in the UK will be given ipads too, very similar story.
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Re: Orangutans at a zoo use iPads to communicateHaha...
Although who are we to say that they actually WANT to communicate with each other? They don't have voice boxes, so perhaps they haven't needed to? Maybe we're trying to humanise them, Project Nim springs to mind.
