$50,000 Android Woman Does Everything You Could Possibly Want, Almost
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Monday, 28 of December , 2009 at 12:59 am
Believe it or not, the woman in the picture above is not real. She’s an android named Aiko (which means “love child”), and was built by Canadian Le Trung for something like $50,000. $50,000 so far, anyway, because Aiko here isn’t done ye. At the moment, she can recognize people, understand conversations, and respond with a 13,000 word vocabulary. She’s 5 feet tall with measurements of 32, 23, 33, which is “perfect” according to the Daily Mail. What Le is working on next is to try and get Aiko to walk, although apparently her upper body is functional to some degree, because “like a real female she will react to being touched in certain ways, if you grab or squeeze too hard she will try to slap you.” Don’t worry about that, though, because ‘Aiko is always helpful and never complains. She is the perfect woman to have around at Christmas.’
Unfortunately, Aiko has put Le into massive amounts of debt, and he’s moved back in with his parents. He’s also had a heart attack from, uh, working on her so much. Despite what you may think, Aiko is actually designed for the elderly. No, really. As a home help robot.
With perfect measurements.
Just don’t squeeze her too hard.
VIA [ Daily Mail ]
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Category: Androids,Uncanny Valley
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Comment by FelipeChoque
Made Monday, 28 of December , 2009 at 11:11 am
Wow! we are stepping forward, mankind! XD
Anyway, i’ll still wait 20 more years.
Comment by Rupert Zoelle
Made Monday, 5 of September , 2011 at 6:26 pm
I will always bookmark your blog and will often come back down the road.
