Meet Leila Takayama, one of Fast Company's 100 Most Creative People 2012

Senior User Experience Researcher, Google

How to make robots that people will like

Before Leila Takayama landed at Google (X) she worked at research scientist at Willow Garage, where she studied how humans interact with robots and won a $10 million "Expeditions in Computing" award from the National Science Foundation.

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Google Glass’s Unexpected Lessons In Product Launching

Google’s Leila Takayama talks about what her team learned by letting Google Glass loose in the real world.

Impact

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Creativity

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Co.Design

These prayer mats combine Islamic tradition and contemporary design

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Work Life

These are the negative effects of praise (that you’ve probably never thought about)

Why companies need to stop ignoring those without a digital presence

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