According to a promotional video by artist Tore Knudsen (they created Pour Reception
along with Simone Okholm and Victor Permild), the stereo «explores playful
ways of interacting with
technology that
challenges our cultural perception of an interface.»
A White House official who worked on the assessment said Wednesday, however, that the statements had been simply another
way of saying what GM has said all
along - it will be a
challenge to bring the new
technology up to scale and make it cost - competitive.