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Japanese develop 'female' android
BBC News ^
| 07/27/2005
| David Whitehouse
Posted on 07/27/2005 11:51:46 AM PDT by WaveMan
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To: martin_fierro
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posted on
07/27/2005 11:57:28 AM PDT
by
OSHA
(I've got a hole in my head too, but that's beside the point.)
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
Looks like you gals might have some competition soon...
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posted on
07/27/2005 11:57:43 AM PDT
by
kevkrom
(WARNING: If you're not sure whether or not it's sarcasm, it probably is.)
To: frogjerk
She looks pretty good, but what about the one behind... early prototype? Seems to be having a problem holding its head upright.
To: spower
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posted on
07/27/2005 11:58:16 AM PDT
by
frogjerk
To: goarmy
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posted on
07/27/2005 11:58:33 AM PDT
by
NathanR
(Mexico: So far from God; So close to the USA.)
To: frogjerk
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posted on
07/27/2005 11:58:42 AM PDT
by
grobdriver
(Let the embeds check the bodies!)
To: WaveMan
However, if we carefully select the situation, we could extend that, to perhaps 10 minutes," he said. Say a dingy cocktail lounge at closing time.
To: WaveMan
Wait 'til Big Pornography gets ahold of this technology!
To: OSHA
Sooner or later they'll ruin a good thing by making it able to talk. And its first words will be "Charge it."
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posted on
07/27/2005 11:59:03 AM PDT
by
Argus
To: frogjerk
>>>>Japanese scientists have unveiled the most human-looking robot yet devised - a "female" android called Repliee Q1.
>>>>She has flexible silicone for skin rather than hard plastic, and a number of sensors and motors to allow her to turn and react in a human-like manner.
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posted on
07/27/2005 11:59:16 AM PDT
by
Calpernia
(Breederville.com)
To: darkwing104
Domo arigato, Mrs. Roboto...........
To: dead
Two is plenty.
You little devil!
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posted on
07/27/2005 11:59:34 AM PDT
by
andyk
(Go Matt Kenseth!)
To: OSHA
Sooner or later they'll ruin a good thing by making it able to talk. LMAO
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posted on
07/27/2005 11:59:44 AM PDT
by
JimWforBush
(Alcohol - For the best times you'll never remember)
To: Hemingway's Ghost
"Wait 'til Big Pornography gets ahold of this technology!"
Uh oh... now we know what industry will be targeted by SAFTA.
To: kevkrom; Dashing Dasher
"Looks like you gals might have some competition soon..."Hey Dasher, check this out.
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posted on
07/27/2005 12:00:46 PM PDT
by
Jersey Republican Biker Chick
(People too weak to follow their own dreams, will always find a way to discourage yours.)
To: WaveMan
"It's very satisfying,..."
This is too easy...
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posted on
07/27/2005 12:01:22 PM PDT
by
bruin66
(Time: Nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once.)
To: trisham
Besides the salacious answer, I would assume that he figured a female would be less threatening --- you know, like "Species."
Same thinking is why voicemails have females voices, BTW.
To: trisham
same reason comic book geeks sit around drawing super heroines in skimp body revealing "almost" costumes.
Cherry 2000 right around the corner.
To: WaveMan
"Harcourt Fenton Mudd!!!! Have you been drinking again?"
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posted on
07/27/2005 12:02:53 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Bork should have had Kennedy's USSC seat and Kelo v. New London would have gone the other way.)
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