Monday, June 27, 2005

The Desperate Stepford Housewives

I would presume the 2005 Robot World Expo in Japan would bring some pretty interesting android-like creations to the table, and those people would bring their latest robotic masterpiece for debut, but this one takes them all.
Repliee Q1 Human Android is the most life-like robot to date and has scary-good detail for a scary-good representation of a human. Can you imagine the deception on Wisteria Lane if robots were running the households; it would be a short, and bloody season. The Stepford Wives is nearing reality, performing essential, and non-essential (I'm being dirty here) tasks. Read the National Geographic article on this amazing machine, then let your mind wonder for a few minutes on just how much this type of conceptual design will impact our everyday 15 years from now.
Imagine the fact that this robot can react and interact with you and me, all based on its programming to do WHATEVER it's designed to do. Mechanics, won't need em; Fast Food attendants, barely do now, accountants, a simple program will eliminate them, taxi drivers, they smell; moms...

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