Design Notes is back, and for the 15th episode I spoke with Carla Diana, a designer who brings objects to life, translating complex human emotions to the limited (but growing) expressive palette available to social robots and sentient objects.

In the episode, we cover the process of translating feelings like stress into lights and sounds, having conversations with autonomous vehicles, and whether our eventual robot companions will experience emotions (and a sense of self) that in any way map onto our own.

Check out Carla's work at http://carladiana.com/blog/