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Robot hand performs remote breast checks
NewScientist.com news service ^
| 15:41 05 July 2005
| Will Knight
Posted on 07/05/2005 10:45:05 AM PDT by StuLongIsland
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I think they can reprogam this equipment and use it for national security purposes at the airport. Recently there was talk about people at airport security physically checking people, and touching in appropriately. Perhaps if a robot did the checking in a closed booth without a human directly looking at the physical aspect of the human, but only a monotor seeing possible contraband, it would make things more "proper", less a hassle.
Just a thought when I read this.
To: StuLongIsland
Dear God, don't let Bubba find out about this.
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posted on
07/05/2005 10:46:17 AM PDT
by
RichInOC
(Bill Clinton is a social disease.)
To: StuLongIsland
"Just because youre located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan or even Botswana, it doesnt mean you cant have a sophisticated diagnostic or therapeutic procedure,"Does the Mitten look down on the Yoopers or what?
To: RichInOC
Well, there goes my reason for entering medical school...
To: StuLongIsland
OMG, do you realize the potential this has for an x-rated virtual reality experience? I claim copyright of the idea, right here, right now by virtue of the timestamp of this posting. Woo hoo!
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posted on
07/05/2005 10:47:02 AM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
("Iraq is the bug light for terrorists" (Mike McConnell 7/2/05))
To: StuLongIsland
Is remote groping like remote viewing?
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posted on
07/05/2005 10:47:25 AM PDT
by
AD from SpringBay
(We have the government we allow and deserve.)
To: StuLongIsland
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posted on
07/05/2005 10:47:27 AM PDT
by
Asphalt
(Join the NFL ping list ...everything NFL... FReepmail Asphalt to get on|FReeper Since 10/10/04)
To: RichInOC
I gotta paint myself silver and head to the girls college asap!
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posted on
07/05/2005 10:47:33 AM PDT
by
exile
(Exile - Helen Thomas tried to lure me into her Gingerbread House.)
To: StuLongIsland
Oh, sure, a robot hand can get away with it, but try it in person and they start screaming about police, and restraining orders and such....
Not that that's happened to me, mind you....a friend of mine...yeah...it happened to a friend of mine.
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posted on
07/05/2005 10:48:25 AM PDT
by
Tennessee_Bob
("Nac Mac Feegle! The Wee Free Men! Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! We willna be fooled again!")
To: StuLongIsland
I laughed out loud when I started reading your post, but by the end I realized you were serious and you may have a good idea there!
I couldn't help thinking while reading this that this thread is going to get all kinds of "interesting" replies.
To: StuLongIsland
Here is a picture of the robot...
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posted on
07/05/2005 10:48:31 AM PDT
by
Phantom Lord
(Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
To: StuLongIsland
This, along with teledildonics, will revolutionize the online porn industry. Ain't technology wonderful! :)
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posted on
07/05/2005 10:48:43 AM PDT
by
vikingd00d
(What does it profit a nation to win the world's approval if it should lose its soul?)
To: StuLongIsland
Just hold still dear.
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posted on
07/05/2005 10:48:59 AM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(Washington DC RINO Hunting Guide)
To: RichInOC
Too late. The next step - version 2.0 - will be fully robotic Bubba.
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posted on
07/05/2005 10:49:39 AM PDT
by
GSlob
To: pissant
They have found a way to stop you from volunteering to work as a breast cancer screener.
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posted on
07/05/2005 10:50:04 AM PDT
by
Jersey Republican Biker Chick
(People too weak to follow their own dreams, will always find a way to discourage yours.)
To: bmwcyle
Uhhh...I dont want that thing touching my nads.
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posted on
07/05/2005 10:50:44 AM PDT
by
corkoman
(Overhyped)
To: StuLongIsland
I have always said that Robots will eventually take all of the good jobs.
To: StuLongIsland
Ewww... the "Electro-Grope" system...
There's no way that this could substitute for an experienced doctors exam (or a thorough exam by the owner of the breast). Robots don't get that intuitive flash that tells someone something is wrong even when it feels "sort of okay".
LQ
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posted on
07/05/2005 10:52:44 AM PDT
by
LizardQueen
(The world is not out to get you, except in the sense that the world is out to get everyone.)
To: TheBigB
Ping
Oh, to become a robot!
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posted on
07/05/2005 10:52:56 AM PDT
by
Fierce Allegiance
(Si quaestio exsisteret, solutionem offerem)
To: StuLongIsland
I think that robot was previously used in a Tropicana juice processing plant. Hopefully there is a dial on it to adjust the "squeeze force".
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