David Wachs was giving a tour of Handwrytten, his robotic writing company in midtown Phoenix.
“Every note this robot is writing is different,” he explained. “Our client is sending notes to Carmen, John, Susan each one is personalized.”
The robot, which closely resembled a small desktop laser-printer, clutched a gold metallic pen in one tiny arm, bobbing and jabbing at a thank-you note to someone named Triana.
Wachs reached over and touched the robot, which beeped and went still. A Handwrytten employee hurried over. “I don’t know what I did,” Wachs said. “I shouldn’t have touched it. Sorry.”
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Barbara (Scotti) Riehle, beloved mother of Anna and Peter, wife of Thom, and daughter of the late Rita W. (Dwyer) Scotti and the late Dr. Ciro O. Scotti, died on April 18 at George Washington University Hospital in Washington. She was 65.
Barbara was born in Providence and educated at Elmhurst Academy and Lincoln School. She moved to Washington in 1974 to attend American University, where she earned a degree in international relations and Soviet studies.
In her teens, Barbara began working for U.S. Senator John Chafee as a campaign volunteer and after college joined his Senate staff and became a longtime aide. She later worked for U.S. Senator Lincoln Chafee.
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