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HIMSS, the annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society conference, <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/originals/chi-himss-conference-robots-wearables-bsi-20150415-story.html" target="_blank">brought more than 40,000 attendees</a> to Chicago in April.
<a href="http://www.sphero.com/sphero" target="_blank">Sphero</a>, the app-enabled robotic ball, would be at the top of my list. We just completed a series of pilots in branch libraries with emerging tech and this was by far the most popular. As a result, we will be getting more of these for use in library programs. Not only are they fun, you can teach kids how to code using <a href="https://scratch.mit.edu/" target="_blank">Scratch</a>. <a href="http://store.sphero.com/products/sphero-2-0" target="_blank">$129.99 at Sphero.com</a>
Moving to Uptown prompted a bit of a culture shift (and a lot more carpools). "We had to build our own community here," managing partner Jay Michael said.
Dash, a robot from Wonder Workshop
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