Saturday, March 26, 2005

Eva_androidWow, researchers like David Hansen at UT-Dallas are doing some robotics work that's both amazing and freakin' creepy. The image on the right is not of a human, it is an interactive, expressive android. It's name is Eva and it's - well - go see for yourself in this Quicktime video:

Video: Eva talks [Quicktime .mov]

Hmmm, I am not so sure I like the idea of fake people acting like real people. It's fascinating and interesting, but it also looks like one of those things in science that has the potential to eventually get out of control.

Or maybe I'm just crazy. Crazy like a pirate.

[vie Engadget and University of Texas-Dallas]



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Saturday, March 26, 2005 9:52:14 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)
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Sunday, March 27, 2005 6:35:50 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)
Quicktime? Isnt that like... Dos or something? Quicktime... Sounds so... humm it will come back to me sooner or later. Cool lookin Picture though.
Dave
Sunday, March 27, 2005 8:48:58 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)
That is really creepy, yet extremely interesting. If they got rid of the rubber face, I'd be totally comfortable with it. Very exciting stuff, thanks for the link.
Sunday, March 27, 2005 10:16:59 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)
Dave: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/ :)

- gh
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