May 06
A newish paper called “Robots, Men and Sex Tourism” published in the journal Futures, examines the impact that robots will have on the sex industry by looking at life in a brothel in the year 2050. I haven’t read it because, well, I’ve read too much of this nonsense over the years. And, if you …
Jul 02
A couple of interesting, separate but seemingly connected, developments in robotics. First off: Researchers from the Excellence Cluster CoTeSys at the Technische Universität München (TUM) have created a sensitive skin for robots that allows them to feel temperature and a light touch. And secondly: . . . researchers in Japan have developed a dental training robot that …
Feb 06
The future is so often portrayed as some slick, clean and minimalist place. People all have the same haircut, there’s no litter and most of it takes place in grey corridors. I’ve never pictured the future like that. I always figured it’d be noisy, crowded and annoying. With robot pole dancers. Because why should the …
Jan 10
Truecompanion.com has invented what they claim is the first sexbot. Although it apparently has a personality, Roxxy looks a bit like a plastic corpse. “I had a friend who passed away in 9/11. I promised myself I would create a program to store his personality, and that became the foundation for Roxxxy True Companion.” Though …
Jun 26
Sega has produced a robot girlfriend for lonely men. She has a big set of tits and she wiggles her ass on command. Both of these qualities are apparently more important than her diminutive size. (38 cm tall.) It’s the booty shaking girl you can carry in your pocket. She also gives kisses. What’s interesting …
Nov 23
Eve is a virtual teacher who can read the emotions of her student’s faces and respond to them. She’s linked to the child by computer and can also monitor heart rate, movements and skin resistance through a mouse. And I can’t possibly be the only person who thinks Eve is hot . . . Can …
Nov 16
I don’t want to have sex with a robot. That’s not to say that I won’t have sex with a robot. It’s just not my first choice. I’m probably not alone in this. For now. According to Dr. David Levy, humans will be fucking and loving robots by 2050. I don’t doubt the fucking part. …
Nov 06
I found this article in Reason Magazine — “Is Porn a Catalyst of Sexual Violence” –to be fascinating. In the eighties and nineties the case was made, by the left and right, that porn leads to sexual violence. But the prevalence of smut on the internet, combined with a decline in sexual assaults and — …
Jul 17
I think this fellow may have some growing up to do. But, as a friend pointed out, if he lived in the states, he would probably be a serial killer and those would probably be dead women. As for this power and control he has over these dolls – they don’t even have strings. How …
Jun 06
You’ve probably all heard of CB2 by now. The child-robot invented by Hiroshi Ishiguro and Minoru Asada. [I hope Mr. Asada builds better robots than webpages. His is still "under the construction."] CB2 is supposed to look and act like a two year old. I can only think of one reason to build a child-robot. …
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