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A New Face For Robotics
tanmay writes "Android technology has moved a step forward with the creation of a high-tech polymer called 'f'rubber,' which resembles human skin. Its creator, David Hanson has implemented it in a robot called Hertz, as this report from CNN gives us the details. Another question that the report brings up is the need to make robots resemble humans. Ray Kurzweil thinks Hanson's work is significant because realistic facial movement will play an important role in the way future androids respond to humans, and has the following to say, 'Intelligence significantly below that of normal humans stands out more with a robot that looks strikingly human. This creates the impression of a human with impaired intelligence, which may strike some as disturbing.'"
oh I had thought up a much more intresting use for it...
let's play a game of guess the words: *e** ****.
world was created 5 seconds before this post as it is.
I am an almost ancient 27. I seen many a operating system come an'go. We had 4 bit graphics back in the day and we were darned happy about it too......you kids an yer new fangled Geforce/Raedon/bigger than 128k VRAM graphics.
Yes, with frubber you get frying car instead.
Ooh, a sarcasm detector. Oh, that's a real useful invention.
No, no, no. It's Flied Lice, you plick!
:::The Spear in the heart of the Other is the Spear in the heart of You; You are He - Surak of Vulcan:::
Does that also mean that a coporation, as a person, could run for president down there? Please assume the truth: I don't really have a clue about american law.
I can see it now: "Yes president Microsoft, we will definatly have no problem outlawing open source software. Senator SCO's bill to attack all OSS developers around the world with Marines appears to be going well."
OI.
On Arrakis: early worm gets the bird. Magister mundi sum!