FUTURE BOOK TOUR POSSIBILITY
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July 21, 2006
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Posted by: Tanpopo | July 21, 2006 at 02:20 PM
Robo-Dave???
Posted by: Siouxie | July 21, 2006 at 02:21 PM
please send me one to help here at work now...today...I am swamped
Posted by: Chaz | July 21, 2006 at 02:22 PM
This WOULD be a breakthrough in strumpeting technology. You should get one! But not the one that looks like that guy. Can he make them cuter in the future?
Posted by: Tanpopo | July 21, 2006 at 02:22 PM
ok..so which one's the bot?
Posted by: Siouxie | July 21, 2006 at 02:24 PM
What a coincidence! My HUSBAND has a silicone & steel doppleganger! (Old football injury)
Posted by: Punkin Poo | July 21, 2006 at 02:27 PM
Won't open for me.
*kicks the ground*
Stupid link.
Posted by: blurkernomore | July 21, 2006 at 02:31 PM
I don't know what the big deal is, Walt Disney did this years ago...
Posted by: marfie | July 21, 2006 at 02:34 PM
There, there, Blurkie...lay your head down on my chest...(NO BITING!)
Posted by: Punkin Poo | July 21, 2006 at 02:34 PM
*suddenly elated*
I promise I won't bite!
I promise I won't bite!
Posted by: blurkernomore | July 21, 2006 at 02:38 PM
"Powered by pressurized air"...
"His group will try to quantify the elusive quality that makes people sit up and take notice"...
OK, I can think of a way to get attention with pressurized air, why can't they?
Posted by: mudstuffin | July 21, 2006 at 02:59 PM
Want one! I want to be able to leave the robot at work while I blog! (We have excessively limited access to the Internet at work so reading the blog from there is impossible.)
We've talked about cloning some of our best employees at work but this idea is better.
Posted by: bookworm | July 21, 2006 at 03:03 PM
hey! I'm a Gemenoid!! what sign are you guys??
Posted by: Siouxie | July 21, 2006 at 03:06 PM
I don't think I could fool anyone if I got one of those. As soon as it started moving and looked like it was paying attention, they would know it wasn't me....
Posted by: clark kent | July 21, 2006 at 03:09 PM
*snork* at CK
Posted by: Sarcasmo | July 21, 2006 at 03:20 PM
"It sits on a chair and gazes around the room in a very humanlike fashion, just like its creator."
So they're saying the robot's creator is only "humanlike".
"Ishiguro's droid-making expertise derives in part from his collaboration with Tokyo robotics and entertainment firm Kokoro, whose "Actroid" android receptionists interacted with visitors to Japan's 2005 Aichi Expo in four languages. The partnership produced Repliee Q1expo, a sophisticated female android that was built by "copying" an actual TV newscaster. Like Geminoid, Repliee could fool onlookers and be mistaken for a real person."
Not a real person.
A TV newscaster. There are important differences.
Newscasters are onlyi "humanlike".
Posted by: KCSteve | July 21, 2006 at 03:35 PM
I think the real Dave is powered by pressurized air. (I smelled something at the NY strumpet, but I didn't want to mention it ...)
Posted by: Cheryl | July 21, 2006 at 03:38 PM
But, is it "fully functional"?
Posted by: Suzy Q | July 21, 2006 at 03:40 PM
More like Robo-Stephen-King.
Now there's a scary thought.
Posted by: Cheesewiz | July 21, 2006 at 04:10 PM
We must keep this technology out of the wrong hands! They might make Robo-Barry Manilow. Oh wait, I think they already have.
Posted by: Matt Morrison | July 21, 2006 at 04:23 PM
old Japanese: "I want to invent a robot version of myself so I can be twice as productive."
new Japanese:"I want to invent a robot version of myself so it can take my place at work."
old American:"I want to buy a robot version of myself, but it can't work too hard or the boss will know it's not me."
new American:" My robot buddy is getting an online degree in Robot Repair from the U. of Fee-nicks."
newer American: "My name is EXCB04009172-D. My human counterpart died 5 years ago, and I am still collecting his disability checks."
Posted by: insomniac | July 21, 2006 at 04:31 PM
I have to say that although the idea of a robo-Dave at book signings would be really cool, the dark side of this potential issue needs to be addressed. Would anyone bring animal penis bones to an android? Who would inflate her bazoomage to the size of a small, economically challenged country to attract its attention? Most importantly, if the android were programmed to make more diverse wardrobe choices than its human counterpart, would the human in question be rendered hopelessly out of fashion, and therefore obsolete? (The thought as I sit here in a baggy T-shirt bearing the rhinestone encrusted image of South Carolinian palm trees is not only of the esteemed Mr. Barry, but of my style-less self.)
Posted by: TrillianAstra, geek | July 21, 2006 at 04:44 PM
His wife, however, reports that their sex life has gotten rather mechanical.
Posted by: PirateBoy | July 21, 2006 at 06:49 PM
The movie "the Island" was about thtis...cool movie...surprised me.
Posted by: Chaz | July 21, 2006 at 07:40 PM
If this guy was so terribly busy, how did he have time to design and perfect this?
Posted by: shellann | July 21, 2006 at 08:24 PM
"Actroid," "Repliee," "Geminoid"... Notice how these guy's are Japanese and the names of all their (not they're/there) robots are in English? That's because Americans are probably the only people
stoopidwealthy enough to buy them!And shellann, that was exactly my thought. *Much... too... busy... must... spend... wasted... hours... inventing... robot!
Posted by: obi wan | July 21, 2006 at 09:07 PM
shellann...THANK you! Classic speed freak behavior: I have too much to do, so first I'll invent an android...
Posted by: Betsy | July 22, 2006 at 12:26 AM
"A mouseclick raises a hand or finger."
Am I the only one who found this funny?
Posted by: Otterboy | July 23, 2006 at 03:57 AM
Geek alert: Robert Sheckley wrote a short story about this very thing in 1973 called http://www.iblist.com/book.php?id=5834
This guy wants to get married, but he doesn't have time to date, so he sends his android on dates. Turns out the fiancee, a busy career woman, also has an android for this purpose. The two androids run off together, leaving the two human workaholics on their own.
Oh, and *snork* at pirateboy.
Posted by: kj | July 24, 2006 at 11:22 AM
Actually, the name of the story was The Robot Who Looked Like Me
I'm such an idiot when it comes to links.
Posted by: kj | July 24, 2006 at 11:24 AM