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Goodbye humans! Tesla's new 'Snakebot' charger slithers into sockets (VIDEO)
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| August 7, 2015
Posted on 08/07/2015 6:53:48 PM PDT by Swordmaker
Tesla has given us a glimpse into the future, and it seems to involve somewhat creepy robotic arms that look like snakes. A newly-released video reveals the company's new charging prototype, which plugs itself in without an ounce of human assistance.
The video, released by Tesla on its Twitter and YouTube accounts, begins with the charger in an upright position. But after just a few seconds, the figure begins to move just like a snake – and it's a little bit unsettling.
It lowers its body toward a Model S sedan, twisting itself in such a realistic way that you can't help but wonder if it might actually be alive.
The robot manages to find the charging socket, connecting itself with ease and proving that humans are, indeed, becoming more and more obsolete.
(Creepy Video at link looks like Insectile ovipositor —Swordmaker)
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To: KC_Lion
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posted on
08/07/2015 7:54:40 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Sad fact, most people just want a candidate to tell them what they want to hear)
To: cripplecreek
Awwwwwwwww yeah baby.
...
All I can hear is Barry White.
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posted on
08/07/2015 7:56:15 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: Secret Agent Man
Let me check the anime collection
Robotech
Ghost in the shell
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Divergence Eve
Urotskudoji-Legend of the Overfiend...
Nope sorry. Not ringing any bells ;)
To: cripplecreek; Norm Lenhart; SevenofNine; GraceG
I still prefer Seven of Nine.
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posted on
08/07/2015 7:58:50 PM PDT
by
KC_Lion
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To: KC_Lion
And so would her husband’s Euro buddies I’d imagine.
Imagine their disappointment.
To: cripplecreek
That was funny, but it's too sexy, old hat, too... [8^')
♫ Try A Little Tenderness ♪
[opening credits, Dr. Strangelove, 1963, 1964]
To: KC_Lion
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posted on
08/07/2015 8:00:43 PM PDT
by
TADSLOS
(A Ted Cruz Happy Warrior! GO TED!)
To: Swordmaker
Tesla should be ‘charged’ with obscenity.
Don’t let your children see that.
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posted on
08/07/2015 8:02:15 PM PDT
by
adorno
(w)
To: bigbob
The car wants it.
The car NEEDS it.
It’s consensual ...
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posted on
08/07/2015 8:09:28 PM PDT
by
NorthMountain
("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
To: Swordmaker
Can it tell the difference between the charger and oprah’s vajayjay?
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posted on
08/07/2015 8:10:17 PM PDT
by
dynachrome
(We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values.)
To: Swordmaker
Reminds me of an old science fiction short story about “justice machines”.
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posted on
08/07/2015 8:11:58 PM PDT
by
beethovenfan
(Islam is a cancer on civilization.)
To: dynachrome
To: dynachrome
oops. I misread. I read that as the difference in voltage ;)
To: adorno
To: Larry Lucido
Thas Goooood. Thas REAL gooooood...;)
To: Swordmaker
>Creepy Video at link looks like Insectile ovipositor <
Shudder!
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posted on
08/07/2015 8:31:55 PM PDT
by
Darnright
(When a system acts illegally, its dictates are not the law of the land, they are the law of force)
To: dynachrome
Can it tell the difference between the charger and oprah’s vajayjay? OH. . . I wish you hadn't said that. . .
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posted on
08/07/2015 8:50:55 PM PDT
by
Swordmaker
( This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
To: Swordmaker
What kind of funny gyrations take place if you move the car an inch or two while the probe is homing in? Scratch city on the fender?
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posted on
08/07/2015 8:57:32 PM PDT
by
steve86
(Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc OÂ’Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
To: BenLurkin
The gays will be using these in unspeakable ways.I'm sure it will be shocking.
To: Larry Lucido
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posted on
08/07/2015 10:16:17 PM PDT
by
TChad
(uest)
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