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Walking, talking living doll: Japanese scientists unveil female android.
Daily Mail via The Woodward Report ^
| April 4, 2009
| Anny Shaw
Posted on 04/04/2010 6:09:44 PM PDT by honestabe010
Japanese professor Hiroshi Ishiguro yesterday unveiled a female android that can laugh and smile as it mimics a person's expressions.
Using a motion-capture system, the robot, called Geminoid TMF, can move its rubber face to imitate a smile, a toothy grin, and a grim look with furrowed brows. Prof Ishiguro, a professor at Osaka University, developed the android with a team of researchers together with Japan's robot maker Kokoro.
Geminoid TMF was modelled on a young Japanese woman, who was present at the unveiling today. 'I felt like I had a twin sister,' the woman said afterwards.
The developers said they expected the robot to be eventually used in real-life situations, such as in hospitals.
'We've already got some data showing that the robot gave patients psychological security by nodding and smiling at them, when patients were checked on by doctors,' Satoko Inoue, spokeman for Kokoro, told Dawn.com...
(Excerpt) Read more at thewoodwardreport.com ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: androids; japan; robots
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To: ebshumidors
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posted on
04/04/2010 7:28:13 PM PDT
by
Touch Not the Cat
(Where is the light? Wonder if it's weeping somewhere...)
To: UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide
I like this one better - it's got Braille markings. ;-)
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posted on
04/04/2010 7:28:29 PM PDT
by
Charles Martel
("Endeavor to persevere...")
To: Cheburashka
All this has happened before. It will happen again.
43
posted on
04/04/2010 7:28:35 PM PDT
by
rintense
(Only dead fish go with the flow, which explains why Congress stinks.)
To: honestabe010
"BRING ON THE FEMBOTS!!!"
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posted on
04/04/2010 7:29:59 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: honestabe010
They could probably market these to China, since China kills off the majority of its female population in the womb.
45
posted on
04/04/2010 7:30:43 PM PDT
by
murphE
("It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged." - GK Chesterton)
To: honestabe010
It will be the syngal for all the single Chinese men that were born in a country that tosses female babies in the river.
Plus its even better population control.
Either that or most Chines men go gay.
46
posted on
04/04/2010 7:31:04 PM PDT
by
Eye of Unk
("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act" G.Orwell)
To: Charles Martel
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posted on
04/04/2010 7:31:11 PM PDT
by
yarddog
To: Dilbert San Diego
“... you have to wonder if they are anatomically correct. They don’t really design them that way do they???????”
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It’s Japan.
You have to ask?... Japanese guys are even more horn dogs, than us Yanks. Way more I dare say. :)
To: Touch Not the Cat
That’s what I’m talking about!
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posted on
04/04/2010 7:36:23 PM PDT
by
ebshumidors
(Marksmanship and YOUR heritage http://www.appleseedinfo.org)
To: Cheburashka
Geminoid TMF was modelled on a young Japanese woman The "8" series was modelled after a Piconoid, I believe,,,
50
posted on
04/04/2010 7:41:14 PM PDT
by
mikrofon
(There were many copies...)
To: mikrofon
51
posted on
04/04/2010 7:50:05 PM PDT
by
Mister Muggles
(.Seattle: A city full of Liberal men with vaginas.)
To: honestabe010
I won’t post the link to realdoll. If you go there, CAUTION!
52
posted on
04/04/2010 7:50:45 PM PDT
by
Right Wing Assault
(The Obama magic is <strike>fading</strike>gone.)
To: honestabe010
The Obama Administration has its own version.
53
posted on
04/04/2010 7:56:53 PM PDT
by
cajuncow
To: UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide
Yes, this trend could go horribly wrong!
54
posted on
04/04/2010 9:59:15 PM PDT
by
sjmjax
To: honestabe010; maikeru; Dr. Marten; Eric in the Ozarks; Al Gator; snowsislander; sushiman; ...
Keeping the J-male
otaku (nerd) crowd happy with android women.
日本*ピング* (kono risuto ni hairitai ka detai wo shirasete kudasai : let me know if you want on or off this list)
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posted on
04/04/2010 10:15:41 PM PDT
by
DTogo
(High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty !!)
To: Mister Muggles
>>Did someone say "Android?"
"How can it not know what it is?"
"Ever use that test on yourself, Mr. Deckard?
Great movie. Ever notice there are NO children in it?
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posted on
04/04/2010 11:00:36 PM PDT
by
LomanBill
(Animals! The DemocRats blew up the windmill with an Acorn!)
To: Right Wing Assault; AmericanInTokyo
The Japanese keep investing millions into research to replace in part, Japanese women in the discete lives of a male dominant society.
The android sex machine has little appeal outside Japan, except for people like Bill Clinton, who unlike Jay Leno, likely does not collect vintage automobiles.
Some of the best feminine companionship in the world is now available from the real deal, and perhaps unfortunately not generally to Japanese men either, who seem generally confused and intimidated by the real thing.
Real Doll only costs $5,999.00.CHEAP! LOL.
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posted on
04/05/2010 4:42:51 AM PDT
by
Candor7
(Now's the time to ante up against the Obama Fascist Junta ( member NRA))
To: Right Wing Assault
What is really funny is how web sites who report on female android "dolls" , encode ther photopgraphs so they cannot be transported around the web. They treat the photos as "special" and do not want their pseudo Girl Friends photos broadcast across the web. Why? Well who wants the same doll as the next guy? Every nerd needs to feel he has that "special" one? So I am outing this lefty trend which is so closet as to be assinine.
What a riot!
See about 5000 guys closet queens right here:
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posted on
04/05/2010 5:22:54 AM PDT
by
Candor7
(Now's the time to ante up against the Obama Fascist Junta ( member NRA))
To: honestabe010
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posted on
04/05/2010 7:55:27 AM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
(Public healthcare looks like it will work as well as public housing did.)
To: cajuncow
Well there seems to be a closet market:
Why are tanning salons being taxed and not these guys?
Too many dems are buying?
http://www.truecompanion.com/
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posted on
04/05/2010 10:46:26 AM PDT
by
Candor7
(Now's the time to ante up against the Obama Fascist Junta ( member NRA))
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