Friend RC showed off his iPhone 7 and 8 - non-stop, his eyes glued onto that little thing while I drove 1.5 hours, minute-to-miute road activity/route suggestion, distance, arrival time at destiny....news, ....
Which made me wonder: Companion robots are above and beyond iPhone. What's the big thing? Personalized items? Some reading, below
Jan 5, 2017 - Panasonic has revealed a cloud-powered artificial intelligence robot prototype that has 'human-like' skills. ... Panasonic Corporation of North America has developed a proof-of-concept robot that the company said boasts "human-like" movements and communication skills.
Jun 20, 2017 - This year is no different. Here are five of the coolest robots from CES 2017. ... Kuri can also be controlled remotely via the companion Kuri app.
2 days ago - Sex robots could soon be used to keep the elderly company in care homes and help couples ... 5 July 2017 • 12:01am ... used not just as a fetish, but for sexual therapy and as companions for lonely, disabled or older people.
Jan 10, 2017 - Most endearing: A Lynx robot with Amazon Alexa integration on display at the Robotics Marketplace booth at CES. The prize for the most ...
When I was young, the ideal woman was said to be a deaf and mute nymphomaniac who lived above a pub. These days, I have a grudging fondness for this cliche: at least this imaginary woman is a creature of desire. And human. “Nympho” is so of its time and used to be said of any woman who was not a virgin.
Apparently, though, we are in the midst of another sexual revolution, in which the new ideal woman will be a robot; lifelike dolls that feel real and communicate their “needs”. I am not sure whether revolution is the right word but that is the one being used. The authors of a report from the Foundation for Responsible Robotics suggest that sex robots could provide help for people who find it hard to have intimate relationships: people in care homes, people with dementia, people with disabilities. This might be a noble idea were we to accept that everyone must be enabled to have sex as a human right; that this is all somehow therapeutic. The reality is more basic. Those in the business of manufacturing sex robots for “people” are actually making simulations of women to be bought by men.
