Repliee: Live in the "flesh"

A quick note to let all interested parties know that Repliee Q1expo, the latest thing in android science, is on display at this week's WIRED NEXTFEST in Manhattan.

If anyone out there has time for a fieldtrip, Neurontic would love to hear your impressions. Preliminary reports suggest that she's uncanny when sitting still, but bears a discomfitting resemblence to a wind up toy once set in motion.

Tags

More like this

I'm sure someone has come up with an elaborate theory to explain why Blade Runner had such a profound impact on GenXers, but I've yet to read it. All I know is that ever since I watched Daryl Hannah doing somersaults in that black leotard, I've been obsessed with the idea of androids. The slow…
“I guess I have a short attention span! I'm interested in new worlds, new universes, new challenges. I always said the only reason to make a film is not for the result but for what you learn for the next one.” -Alfonso Cuarón April has gotten off to a great start here at Starts With A Bang, with…
A question before the physics: I hear Hillary Clinton is being considered for a position as Secretary of State. Let's say this is true. Why would a senator want to take that job? It's a temporary position. Eight years max, not much longer than a single term in the senate. Four years if the…
tags: emergency pet care, hospitals, companion pet issues Elektra is one of the survivors. My companion female Solomon Islands eclectus parrot, Eclectus roratus solomonensis. Image: GrrlScientist, 2 April 2008 [larger view]. I want to talk about something that has bothered me ever since I…