Using Robots to Optimize Learning (An idea for development)

Recently, Kirobo, a Japanese robot was launched into space in order to accompany the humans on their missions aboard the International Space Station.  Kirobo is the latest in advanced "thinking" robots.  He gathers and analyzes questions or comments made to him and replies with an appropriate response.  One example, in an interview, he was asked what he would ask Santa for Christmas.  He responded that he was hoping for a toy rocket.  Not only is this adorable in my opinion, but also very important.

How can systems using language skills such as Kirobo's serve our human society?  One very simple and practical application would be developing robots or even programs which act as tutors for individualized learning.  What an immense tool for education this could be!  Imagine a program or robot companion for every child or even adult student which could accompany the student on his or her learning journey.  The robot could even serve as a study buddy.  If a question were to come up while a student is doing his or her homework, the tutor is right there to assist.  This sort of relationship can only be achieved with advanced language skills where the robot or program can recognize the question and form a rational and correct response.  The programs  could be specialized to cover certain course material, but could additionally be connected to some sort of database or even the internet.  The program would need to perform a rapid search and differentiate between "good" information and "incorrect or irrelevant" material.

Now this program would be extremely difficult to manage and create with current levels of technology, but I am certain that robot tutors and companions will soon be common place and that these tutors/programs/companions will contribute immensely to our world's education.

A Dark Matter Proposal

I was up late, not sleeping.  I had an idea about what dark matter may be, so to speak.  I need to try to sleep so I will try to make this concise.  Basically, the Big Bang was an event that took place in a larger "space".  Just as any event starts as a point in time and then grows larger, infinitely larger so that it covers more and more space over time, which is another dimension in our perceivable Universe.

Now, Einstein's famous equation, shows that space and time are linked by the speed of light which only applies to our universe.  Our universe, is an event that is spreading out through the "outside space".  Because we are spreading out through this "space", out perceivable matter is also spreading out, so that at the beginning of the Universe, we were not really affected by the outside matter, but because we are expanding, the outside matter is affecting the matter, we can perceive, shaping and causing our universe to form as  it has, and it would make sense that the more "time" goes by, the more dense the outside matter would become relative to the density of the expanding event, or the Big Bang.

So, if anyone is still following, the Universe is like a solute in a solvent, which could mean that the dark matter's influence could eventually cause the destruction  of our perceived universe, through its overwhelming gravitational influences.  This could further explain some of the behaviors observed, such as black holes.  Anyway, I need to sleep, but I wanted to write this down first, so hopefully some may find this interesting.