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1 posted on 04/04/2010 6:09:45 PM PDT by honestabe010
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Japanese professor Hiroshi Ishiguro yesterday unveiled a female android that can laugh and smile as it mimics a person's expressions

What else can it do?

2 posted on 04/04/2010 6:11:11 PM PDT by Nonstatist
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3 posted on 04/04/2010 6:11:40 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Islam is incompatible with American traditions and values)
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Isn’t the concept of an android to be part human and part machine?


4 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 ....)
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“...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.


5 posted on 04/04/2010 6:14:00 PM PDT by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (Prepare for survival.)
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Finally! The Otaku have found a suitable mate.


6 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.)
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10 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.)
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These should be made in America and sold to all those lonely Chinese guys.


11 posted on 04/04/2010 6:19:31 PM PDT by timeflies
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Everybody wants to play God.


12 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.)
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Wow, better than those dolls Howard Stern featured on his show. LOL


13 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.)
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14 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.)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZobMzFJzL0U


18 posted on 04/04/2010 6:28:35 PM PDT by Tzimisce (No thanks. We have enough government already. - The Tick)
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Cherry 2000

19 posted on 04/04/2010 6:33:21 PM PDT by raybbr (I hate B(ig) H(ead) Obama)
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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.

Yeah, it's interesting to her now. But just wait until the adroid decides to kill her so it can take over her life.

21 posted on 04/04/2010 6:36:47 PM PDT by Grizzled Bear (Does not play well with others.)
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The Lonely 1959 Twilight Zone


27 posted on 04/04/2010 6:50:01 PM PDT by Dallas59 (President Robert Gibbs 2009-2013)
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Just as long as it never learns to say, "Half, Eddie!"

Mark

28 posted on 04/04/2010 6:50:11 PM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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There are some impressive advancements in android robotics. Strong muscle movements can be made with pistons, spraying a small amount of concentrated hydrogen peroxide on a catalyst.

Weak, smooth and flowing muscle motions can be done with rubber tubes wrapped in a fiber sheath, inflated or deflated with air. Bunched together, they can act much like facial muscle groups, and their opposing muscle groups.

A big advance is in subdividing the “brain” of the robot into three parts. Only the “primitive” part is actually inside the robot’s body. The “mid-brain”, handling much more complicated functions, are in local computers. Then the “upper brain” is an Internet connection to a central computer.


31 posted on 04/04/2010 7:00:58 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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"Harcourt Fenton Mudd, you drunk, good-for-nothing..."
34 posted on 04/04/2010 7:11:11 PM PDT by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (NEW TAG ====> **REPEAL OR REBEL!** -- Islam Delenda Est! -- Rumble thee forth)
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"Now that's MY kinda WOMAN!!!


36 posted on 04/04/2010 7:19:24 PM PDT by The Duke
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38 posted on 04/04/2010 7:24:51 PM PDT by Cheburashka (Stephen Decatur: you want barrels of gunpowder as tribute, you must expect cannonballs with it.)
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The prettiest android ever was Andrea on the original Star Trek.


40 posted on 04/04/2010 7:28:00 PM PDT by yarddog
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