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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: honestabe010
Japanese professor Hiroshi Ishiguro yesterday unveiled a female android that can laugh and smile as it mimics a person's expressionsWhat else can it do?
To: honestabe010
To: honestabe010
Isn’t the concept of an android to be part human and part machine?
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posted on
04/04/2010 6:13:18 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
(If someone calls me a racist I'll just tell them you're just saying that because I'm white ....)
To: honestabe010
“...unveiled a female android that can laugh and smile as it mimics a person’s expressions.”
We still have no way of telling it apart from Nanzi Pelose.
To: honestabe010
Finally! The Otaku have found a suitable mate.
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posted on
04/04/2010 6:14:57 PM PDT
by
Incorrigible
(If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
To: SkyDancer
An android is a machine that looks like a human being. A cyborg is a machine that has some biological components. A cyborg may or may not look like a human being.
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posted on
04/04/2010 6:16:49 PM PDT
by
AceMineral
(Do you go to women? Don't forget your whip.)
To: AceMineral
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04/04/2010 6:17:52 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
(If someone calls me a racist I'll just tell them you're just saying that because I'm white ....)
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To: honestabe010
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posted on
04/04/2010 6:17:57 PM PDT
by
mountn man
(The pleasure you get from life, is equal to the attitude you put into it.)
To: honestabe010
These should be made in America and sold to all those lonely Chinese guys.
To: honestabe010
Everybody wants to play God.
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posted on
04/04/2010 6:19:50 PM PDT
by
FrankR
(Those of us who love AMERICA far outnumber those who love obama - your choice.)
To: honestabe010
Wow, better than those dolls Howard Stern featured on his show. LOL
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posted on
04/04/2010 6:19:55 PM PDT
by
Bringbackthedraft
(THE CANDIDATE THE LEFT SMEARS THE MOST IS THE ONE THEY FEAR THE MOST.)
To: honestabe010
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posted on
04/04/2010 6:20:11 PM PDT
by
mountn man
(The pleasure you get from life, is equal to the attitude you put into it.)
To: timeflies
Yep, you have to wonder if they are “anatomically correct”. They don’t really design them that way do they???????
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
I’ll take Summer Glau with the shotgun, please.
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posted on
04/04/2010 6:21:53 PM PDT
by
ebshumidors
(Marksmanship and YOUR heritage http://www.appleseedinfo.org)
To: SkyDancer
Androids are robots with convincing human(oid) appearance & behavior.
Cyborgs are part human part machine. I know - I am one.
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posted on
04/04/2010 6:28:31 PM PDT
by
ctdonath2
(+)
To: honestabe010
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04/04/2010 6:28:35 PM PDT
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Tzimisce
(No thanks. We have enough government already. - The Tick)
To: honestabe010
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posted on
04/04/2010 6:33:21 PM PDT
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raybbr
(I hate B(ig) H(ead) Obama)
To: Tzimisce; All
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