I was really happy today 'cause I got to catch up on my favorite blogs and simultaneously laugh my a$$ off.

The last time I fell behind I came across Something Positive and Nerdrotica over at Thunder and Roses. I had forgotten all about these links until now because it's hard for me to believe that this could possibly be true. If it were, I would not be able to continue having lunch with some of the IT guys and keep a straight face.

Well, today after starting my day with a bit of rocket fuel I came across a link to an article that talks about A Japanese android called Cyberminx. It's a really long article, some I've pasted the relevant parts below:

"Repliee Q1Expo or Cyberminx, is an animated, lifelike representation of a human female...that boasts silicon skin, 42 compressed air-controlled actuators and is controlled by a computer which enables the robonymphette to mimic the movements of a real human - right down to fluttering her eyelids and breathing."

"It's creator, Professor Hiroshi Ishiguro of Osaka University, admits it's a pretty poor substitute for the real thing, as he explained to the BBC: "[It] can interact ... [and] respond to people touching it. It's very satisfying, although we obviously have a long way to go yet.... [but in certain] situations, [people don't realize it's an android for] perhaps 10 minutes, he conceded."

The author of the article believes that "Repliee Q1Expo [or Cyberminx] was in fact a fully-functioning sex droid programmed to seek out and extract low-grade male sperm suitable for the propagation of submissive drones. As we have previously noted, this puts online gamers and Linux programmers at particular risk from attack, especially since few, if any, have ever seen a real woman in the flesh. Accordingly, the robostrumpet does not have to be a particularly convincing physical representation of the human female form."

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1 If my plans to work for the Weekly World News fail for some reason, The Register is definitely Ideal Employer #2. I made that decision after a recent article about Saturn. The title of the article referred to Saturn's rings as "mighty weird". Ummm...okay. Still, the article leaves out some key points. Namely, do Cyberminxes dream of Electric Geeks?

Posted by: zonker at September 19, 2005 08:10 AM (/y7q3)

2 I think I've met her before.....

Posted by: _Jon at September 19, 2005 10:56 AM (R6yie)

3 Sometimes I think that there ought to be male-bots programmed to say "yes dear" and take out the trash for my satisfaction, but if these lonely types want a robo-girl to satisfy them, well then, who am I to judge! Hehehehehehehehe!

Posted by: Oddybobo at September 19, 2005 12:41 PM (6Gm0j)

4 LOL! Some how this line: does not have to be a particularly convincing physical representation makes me think they don't know geeks well enough... have you seen the boobs on most of the cyber babes?

Posted by: vw bug at September 19, 2005 04:35 PM (J3xJ9)

5 mmmm... robostrumpet... :-)

Posted by: Harvey at September 19, 2005 10:22 PM (ubhj8)

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