And they named it after Blake Lively. Just kidding – they didn’t name it after anybody, because they were afraid that it’d develop robot eating disorders. And be mad when it had to reveal how old it was in robot years.
Japan has brought us ridiculous things – from panty dispensers to Hello Kitty, to that guy from Heroes whose special power was squinting. Seriously. He had to get all squinty to activate his mutant powers. If you need any more evidence that Hollywood is run by a group of semi-racist white dudes, there’s all the proof that you need. They’ve even given us robots that are pop stars, pop star holograms, and Ayumi Hamasaki. And when you think the gift of Japan is about to stop giving, they step up to the plate and automate the one thing that George Lucas has been wishing was automated for years – acting.
Osaka University has designed a robot with a 1.2 million dollar price tag designed to do what thousands of transplants to LA can’t – act with emotion. Real emotion. The price tag, her range, and inability to cry real tears already make her comparable to Keanu Reeves.
So. So creepy. Just, incredibly creepy.
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ken
November 24th, 2010 - 9:23:01 AM
In the next few decades of the 21st Century, I look forward to seeing two things: robots that are truly lifelike, and blog articles that will actually report such technical achievements instead of bashing them and making sexist remarks.
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