harp seal
noun
: a dark-faced seal (Phoca groenlandicus) of the North Atlantic that is a variable light gray with the male usually having a dark crescent on its back and sides
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During the Covid pandemic, caretakers used robotic companions like Paro, a small robot meant to look like a baby harp seal, to help ease loneliness in older adults.
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Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 9 Mar. 2024
The baby harp seal Paro robot is aimed at easing loneliness in older adults.
—Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 9 Mar. 2024
Maybe the water got too cold for cod; maybe harp seals ate them.
—Robert Kunzig, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
The act protects the harp seal throughout its range, including the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans and the waters off New England. FeelGood shipped more than 900 bottles of the capsules worth more than $10,000 to the U.S. from 2019 to 2021, the Justice Department said.
—Patrick Whittle, Anchorage Daily News, 7 June 2023
The act protects the harp seal throughout its range, including the North Atlantic and Artic oceans and the waters off New England. FeelGood shipped more than 900 bottles of the capsules worth more than $10,000 to the U.S. from 2019 to 2021, the Justice Department said.
—Patrick Whittle, Fortune, 6 June 2023
This hoop-shooting mechatronic harp seal is a creation of Taiwanese roboticists at the Industrial Technology Research Institute.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Feb. 2023
Seriously, what’s not to love about Paro, the robotic baby harp seal designed as a therapeutic tool for use in hospitals and nursing homes?
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 Feb. 2023
This herd of harp seal females hauled out and gave birth in late February, but a storm demolished the early sea ice that formed in late January and early February.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2021
Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 9 Mar. 2024
The baby harp seal Paro robot is aimed at easing loneliness in older adults.
—Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 9 Mar. 2024
Maybe the water got too cold for cod; maybe harp seals ate them.
—Robert Kunzig, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
The act protects the harp seal throughout its range, including the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans and the waters off New England. FeelGood shipped more than 900 bottles of the capsules worth more than $10,000 to the U.S. from 2019 to 2021, the Justice Department said.
—Patrick Whittle, Anchorage Daily News, 7 June 2023
The act protects the harp seal throughout its range, including the North Atlantic and Artic oceans and the waters off New England. FeelGood shipped more than 900 bottles of the capsules worth more than $10,000 to the U.S. from 2019 to 2021, the Justice Department said.
—Patrick Whittle, Fortune, 6 June 2023
This hoop-shooting mechatronic harp seal is a creation of Taiwanese roboticists at the Industrial Technology Research Institute.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Feb. 2023
Seriously, what’s not to love about Paro, the robotic baby harp seal designed as a therapeutic tool for use in hospitals and nursing homes?
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 Feb. 2023
This herd of harp seal females hauled out and gave birth in late February, but a storm demolished the early sea ice that formed in late January and early February.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2021
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