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Japanese Scientist Makes Android Clone

Japanese Scientist Makes Android Clone
Published: Jul 21, 06
Comments: 2
Views: 3,371

Hiroshi Ishiguro, shown here, is posing with his personal android clone.  The clone, names the Geminoid HI-1 is made of silicone and steel and filled with small actuators that acriviate motion using a pressured air system. 

“Ishiguro unveils his android clone Thursday at the ATR Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories in Keihanna Science City, Japan, where he works as a researcher. Ishiguro designed Geminoid so he could “robot in” to classes at Osaka University.” - Wired

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rocketranger on Jan 21, 07  0 Trends   2,582 Comments
Love this: duplicate myself for Drone work & Income. Have 2 Jobs total. Nice. Have clone on job. Wow. Nice. Have clone trainable to learn skills, people skills. & other superstuff. Id love that. Lets Produce em. NO Stepford Wives- boring clones. Now to Clone Playmates from scanning centerfolds into 3D. My date for tonite Miss June X. Nice. Input feminine touches, etc. Nice. NO I cant see sex with a machine. Kinda hard. See 1973 movie WESTWORLD. Drone clone uses: Cover at social events. 24/7 work??? For dangerous work. Interviews. Dating. Nice. See movie MULTIPLICITY. Problem: AI software Clone thinks for self Beyond normal IE I Robot phase, see 2004 movie & novel. Otherwise Fine. Scan self or other & order up a clone. Wow. U input skills into Clone. People think thats YOU. Blow away dates Big Time. How much to produce, to develop & replicate. Have to have a huge Dbase & 3D scan mode & heavy AI. Clone gets power from solar in eyes??? Hidden plug in side. micro nuclear plant in body. Install body armor within??? Intuitive skilled clone. Speaks 10 languages. Nice.
rocketranger on Jan 21, 07  0 Trends   2,582 Comments 0
shat on Mar 14, 07  0 Trends   561 Comments
Eyebrows mediocre, cheeks waaay off and the nose doesn't match at all. The mouth is also too low. Should have hired a 'real' artist to do the work.
shat on Mar 14, 07  0 Trends   561 Comments 0

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Japanese Scientist Makes Android Clone