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A Chicken In Every Pot, A Robot In Every Home

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i-for-one-welcome-our-new-robotic dept.

Palm Addict writes "The New York Times report that "South Korea, the world's most wired country, is rushing to turn what sounds like science fiction into everyday life. The government, which succeeded in getting broadband Internet into 72 percent of all households in the last half decade, has marshaled an army of scientists and business leaders to make robots full members of society.""

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  1. I'm... by Dante+Shamest · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...back.

    - T-800

  2. I for one... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...nah, too easy.

  3. Re:Totally misconstrued as... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So, Is the robot pre-programed to choke the chicken?

      * Ducks *

  4. In a Wired Soviet Korea... by fuyu-no-neko · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    In a Wired Soviet Korea, old robots make you feel at home?

    --
    Don't take the above poster too seriously. He doesn't.
  5. IN SOVIET RUSSIA by ickleberry · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In soviet russia, robot penetrates YOU!!