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Lifelike robotic pets used to help isolated seniors avoid loneliness
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| 08/11/2020
Posted on 08/11/2020 9:56:58 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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posted on
08/11/2020 9:56:58 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
The nursing home my wife works at has a cat and employees bring their dogs in on occasion. They are allowing in person visits now. Resident and visitor have to sit outside, across from each other at a table 6 foot across. No human touch but it’s better than nothing.
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posted on
08/11/2020 10:00:03 AM PDT
by
Pollard
(whatever)
To: BenLurkin
I’m living in a Philip K. Dick novel.
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posted on
08/11/2020 10:01:29 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
To: BenLurkin
Woof, Woof. Hello, Im Rags.
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posted on
08/11/2020 10:02:27 AM PDT
by
moehoward
To: BenLurkin
That's how it starts.
To: Telepathic Intruder
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posted on
08/11/2020 10:04:30 AM PDT
by
CJ Wolf
( #wwg1wga #Godwins #150Kclub)
To: moehoward
To: BenLurkin
I don’t buy it.
We have a real live cat. It purrs based on how we all interact with each other. When relaxing she sits on my legs and warms them. Some of her antics makes her very entertaining.
Yes, she needs to be fed and her litter box needs cleaning.
The point is, a real live pet can do so much more than some stupid a$$ robot. Even the feeding and cleaning gives one a sense of purpose, a sense of something to be responsible for.
A robot? I guess you care for it by plugging it in.
I would not want my best friend to be a robot. A dog, cat, even a parakeet or nothing at all would be better than a stupid robot.
To: BenLurkin
Ive read that some seniors use Amazons Alexa as a companion. Asking it for weather updates, etc. just to hear another voice. Something like that needs to be developed more.
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posted on
08/11/2020 10:13:30 AM PDT
by
Leaning Right
(I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
To: CJ Wolf
Technically these are robots too:
To: BenLurkin
I wonder if
this comes under the heading of life like robot pets
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posted on
08/11/2020 10:22:53 AM PDT
by
from occupied ga
(Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
To: CJ Wolf
If I finally get a Daggit, I’ll have fulfilled a childhood wish list item!
I remember watching BG as a kid and I REALLY wanted one.
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posted on
08/11/2020 10:24:13 AM PDT
by
Malsua
To: BenLurkin
Teddy Ruxpin came out 35 years ago.
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posted on
08/11/2020 10:27:39 AM PDT
by
Moonman62
(http://www.freerepublic.com/~moonman62/)
To: Pollard
Residents in my MIL assisted living home have dogs and cats...plus one of residents feeds feral cats outside...but place only has 35 apts.
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posted on
08/11/2020 10:41:43 AM PDT
by
goodnesswins
(The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution." -- Saul Alinksy)
To: BenLurkin
ok with me but real pets would do a whole lot more good
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posted on
08/11/2020 10:42:05 AM PDT
by
faithhopecharity
(Politicians are not born, theyÂ’re excreted. Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
To: redfreedom
What makes a pet so endearing is the unpredictable nature of the interaction. A living creature chooses to interact with you. A robot would give me no satisfaction whatsoever.
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posted on
08/11/2020 10:42:24 AM PDT
by
OrangeHoof
(Face masks are simply mouth diapers for liberals.)
To: CJ Wolf
I had one of these years ago - a "talking" parrot who just repeated whatever noise it heard twice.
But it was to entertain my real parrot so she'd be less bored while I was at work.
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posted on
08/11/2020 10:47:51 AM PDT
by
OrangeHoof
(Face masks are simply mouth diapers for liberals.)
To: from occupied ga
So many options. Even an A cup model. For a small fraction of the costs of having a Karen (around $15 to $25 a week for three years).
This is the natural outcome of feminism, and the market will grow bigly. SciFi becoming reality.
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posted on
08/11/2020 10:57:36 AM PDT
by
polymuser
(A socialist is a communist without the power to take everything from their citizens...yet.)
To: BenLurkin
Robotics are a poor substitute for the real thing.
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posted on
08/11/2020 11:04:57 AM PDT
by
ScottinVA
(It's over. Split the country... it can and should be done.)
To: from occupied ga
I wonder if this comes under the heading of life like robot petsImpressive.
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posted on
08/11/2020 11:10:26 AM PDT
by
zeugma
(Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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