Instead of optimizing for a moment of attention, this strategy focuses on equipping audiences with tools or knowledge, engaging them through participation and empowering them to carry ideas forward through their own networks and communities.
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Felicity Fellows,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
Flexibility aside, interacting with our world is one reason robotics engineers keep trying to make machines more human-like, equipping them with vision systems (eyes), microphones (ears), speakers (mouths), touch sensors, and many other systems.
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