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| Tweet Topic Started: May 5 2006, 06:24 AM (663 Views) | |
| kenny | May 5 2006, 06:24 AM Post #1 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I can see how they might be useful. But it is kind of creepy. . . reading to your children? ![]() ![]() Korean Scientists Develop Female Android By Kim Tae-gyu Staff Reporter Standing 1.6 meters tall and weighing about 50 kilograms, she can understand others, speak, blink with her eyes and makes several facial expressions. But she is not human, rather an android developed by a team of South Korean scientists. It is only the second time in the world that an android has been developed _ Japan made the first one. The team, headed by Baeg Moon-hong, a senior researcher at the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, Thursday took the wrap off the female android, named EveR-1, during an exhibition at the Seoul Education Culture Center. EveR-1, a combination of Eve and robot, looks just like a Korean female in her early 20s including her shape that is benchmarked against the nation's model. The human-sized robot can understand 400 words and make eye contact while talking via her lips that are synchronized with the pronunciation of words. Fifteen tiny motors embedded into her silicon face enable her to make a total of four expressions in tune with as many sentiments _ joy, anger, sorrow and happiness. From a distance, the android could be confused with a real, flesh and blood human being, according to Baeg. ``EveR-1 amply demonstrates our robotic technologies are at the forefront in the world. We will continue to make efforts to advance,'' Baeg said. Only Japan was faster than Baeg's team in making an android as the country developed a life-size female robot in 2003, dubbed ACTROID. It cannot move because it is glued to the floor. Neither does EveR-1. The Korean robot can move the upper half of her body such as arms and hands but she cannot travel because her lower half is immobile. Baeg, who spent just 3 billion won in creating EveR-1 in a year, is looking to exceed his Japanese rivals by making the model move four limbs by late this year. ``For now, EveR-1 can be employed as a guide robot at museums and department stores or as an educational model to read books to children,'' Baeg said. ``But we are looking further ahead _ we are working on upgrading the android with the aim of making it move its legs by the end of this year. It will be able to sit down and stand up by then,'' he expects. http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/200605/kt2...17203910160.htm |
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| JBryan | May 5 2006, 06:26 AM Post #2 |
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I am the grey one
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So, you don't have to blow them up any more. |
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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| Mikhailoh | May 5 2006, 06:28 AM Post #3 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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CrashTest's lucky day!!! |
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| Aqua Letifer | May 5 2006, 06:28 AM Post #4 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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Anyone know much about the current gun laws, like the waiting period and all that? I need to get a shotgun before the revolution starts. |
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| Optimistic | May 5 2006, 06:38 AM Post #5 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Reminds me of a Twilight Zone episode, "I Sing the Body Electric!"![]() about a father who brings a robot grandmother into his family to care for his children after his wife dies. (Based on a Ray Bradbury short story, title taken from a Walt Whitman poem) Creepy. |
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PHOTOS I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up. - Mark Twain We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. -T. S. Eliot | |
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| pianojerome | May 5 2006, 06:53 AM Post #6 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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``For now, EveR-1 can be employed as a guide robot at museums and department stores or as an educational model to read books to children,'' Baeg said. People can guide others at departments stores and read books to children. Why do we need robots to do that? Personally, I'm afraid of where this is going. |
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| JBryan | May 5 2006, 06:54 AM Post #7 |
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I am the grey one
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Robot brothels. The ultimate in safe sex. |
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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| kenny | May 5 2006, 06:54 AM Post #8 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Humans are expensive, and a lot of trouble. |
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| pianojerome | May 5 2006, 06:56 AM Post #9 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Kenny, at least they are humans. |
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| The 89th Key | May 5 2006, 06:57 AM Post #10 |
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![]() Hasn't anyone seen the movie: I, Robot? (or book :nerd:) |
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| pianojerome | May 5 2006, 07:00 AM Post #11 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Come on, humans aren't that expensive that we need humanoids to do their work. Humans have managed for thousands of years with themselves, and I think they can continue to manage. Aside from the issue of these being like people, except robots, think about the effects on unemployment: robots become guides in museums, waiters and waitresses in restaurants, cashiers, bus drivers, baby sitters; where are all of the PEOPLE going to get jobs? Besides that, I wouldn't want a robot reading to my children. I want HUMANS to read to and care for my children, not a machine. |
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| JBryan | May 5 2006, 07:03 AM Post #12 |
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I am the grey one
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No FICA, no unemployment insurance, no health insurance, no cost of living raises, this is sounding like a good alternative to hiring illegals. |
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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| kenny | May 5 2006, 07:04 AM Post #13 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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PJ I am completely with you. I was being sarcastic. This is ominous, but inevitable. I suspect many people/businesses are VERY excited about the replacement of humans with robots. Look at ATMs, cashierless check out lines at Home Depot, voice mail systems that all business have today, even when you dial 411 you get humanless directory assistance. Every business wants to lower cost. The ones that do it better will beat the competition. ALL that matters is money. (That was sarcasm too.) Sociological values are not their top priority. I’m afraid we all must adjust to this technological inevitability. |
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| JBryan | May 5 2006, 07:12 AM Post #14 |
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Robots for bomb disposal, septic tank cleaning, WMD production, the possibilities are endless. |
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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| kenny | May 5 2006, 07:14 AM Post #15 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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What if your kid asks a question when the robot is reading? |
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| kenny | May 5 2006, 07:15 AM Post #16 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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. . . or posting on forums when they should be working. ![]() What if they make them smart enough to rebel? |
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| Nina | May 5 2006, 07:34 AM Post #17 |
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Senior Carp
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Robot warfare. |
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| AlbertaCrude | May 5 2006, 08:12 AM Post #18 |
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Bull-Carp
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The question is whether these android hybrids are desreving of equality. Remember the TV show My Mother the Car? |
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| Nina | May 5 2006, 09:01 AM Post #19 |
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Senior Carp
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What if they start randomly crossing borders? Are they citizens? Should we grant them amnesty? What if they work really, really hard, don't cost a cent AND speak English? I think there's trouble ahead.
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| AlbertaCrude | May 5 2006, 09:03 AM Post #20 |
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Bull-Carp
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It's likely that they speak Microsoft Windows XP so it should be okay. |
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| Nina | May 5 2006, 09:34 AM Post #21 |
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Senior Carp
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Yes. If they speak Linux, we should have some federally-funded XP classes for them to take. They are borgs. Assimilation should be easy. |
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| jodi | May 5 2006, 08:16 PM Post #22 |
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Fulla-Carp
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Assuming they're easy to erhm - sanitize. Reminds me of the end of a dirty limerick I used to know. Concave or convex, to fit any sex, but oh what a b*tch to clean...
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Jodimy artlog ~ todayatmydesk.weebly.com | |
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| George K | May 5 2006, 08:18 PM Post #23 |
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Finally
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Oh, Jodi, you're such a prude! There was a young man from Breen who invented a f***ing machine. Both concave and convex, It could please either sex, And had settings for those in between! |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| jodi | May 5 2006, 08:20 PM Post #24 |
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Fulla-Carp
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Yeah, but see - my guy was from Racine. Jodi
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Jodimy artlog ~ todayatmydesk.weebly.com | |
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| Larry | May 5 2006, 09:25 PM Post #25 |
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Mmmmmmm, pie!
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You people scare me sometimes........ ![]() |
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Of the Pokatwat Tribe | |
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