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Thought-provoking science fiction is in short supply on network TV in the U.S. — so it's a hopeful sign that NBC has ordered a pilot for Beautiful People. In this near-future-set show, human-appearing robots live among us, as the perfect slaves. What could possibly go wrong? More »
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It caused a huge uproar some years ago when the head of a Philip K. Dick android went missing on an aircraft — and now that incident has spawned a book, called Losing the Head of Philip K Dick-A Bizarre but True Tale of Androids, Kill Switches, and Left Luggage by David Dufty. According to The Bookseller, this book is Dufty's account of his post-doctoral research in robotics, where he helped create the PKD android whose head was left in an airplane's overhead compartment. More »
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In Aaron Lipstatdt's 1982 science fiction melodrama Android, Klaus Kinski plays brilliant cyberneticist (and snappy dresser) Dr. Daniel. Don Keith Opper is Max 404, Daniel's assistant and longtime android companion. Daniel and Max are the sole occupants of a deep space laboratory where they are conducting illegal research into the development of the "perfect woman," by which Daniel of course means "a talking Real Doll." More »
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Italian DJ Gabry Ponte has mashed together all our favorite scifi tropes about doomed android love and turned them into a shiny video for "Skyride," a pop tune that is an instant guilty pleasure. More »
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This is Sarcos, a robot Carnegie Mellon grad student Ben Stephens is teaching to emulate human movements using motion capture technology. Check out this unblinking bot mimic human dancing in this clip. More »
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There's been a lot of talk about robosexual marriage lately — with some people claiming it will destroy society. But the truth is, robots have been marrying humans for years, with no ill effects. More »
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First we had marathon man. Now we have marathon machine. Osaka started the world's first Robot Marathon yesterday. Four robots will be competing in this historic race, and although they are only around a foot tall, they will be made to complete a full 26.2 mile marathon. One of them even comes with a helmet cam, so you can watch it run. More »
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Megan Fox may not be in Transformers 3, but she's still managing to surprise us. For Interview Magazine's cover shoot, she got made up in a very android fashion, with an identical-looking (and naked) mannequin. Which she dominates, sort of. More »
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We've been eagerly awaiting the Broken Bells music video starring Mad Men's Christina Hendricks (aka Firefly's Mrs. Reynolds!) and now it's here. Watch the android Christina dismantle her own body aboard a spaceship bound for stardom. More »
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The Mad Men star — and recently anointed most beautiful woman on the face of everywhere — is the robotic muse of a forthcoming video from Broken Bells. (Still, she'll always be our Mrs. Reynolds.) More »
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Vampires and Werewolves may be hottest these days, but does the Frankenstein mythos have more sex appeal than we give it credit for? More »
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Dean Koontz's best-selling Frankenstein series, which features androids, an evil biotechnology firm, and an inked-up iteration of Mary Shelley's monster, will become a huge movie set in 21st century New Orleans. More »
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Perhaps the guiltiest of guilty pleasures Syfy has offered us is the TV movie Android Apocalypse. Witness the action set piece: a shovel defeats flying robot drone attack, and an android-on-android smackfest ends with green "blood" being spilled. More »
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You've met someone new, and things are going great, but you start to notice something off about them. Could your significant other be a robot in disguise? Check our list for the possible signs. More »
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Asimov's three Laws of Robotics were meant to ensure that robots would serve as safe and useful tools for humans, but some modern roboticists say the rules don't mesh with current technology, and propose a new set of robotics laws. More »
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The final episodes of Battlestar Galactica promise to reveal everything about the Cylon religion. But those toasters didn't invent robo-faith — here's a list of all the religions which robots have founded over the years. More »
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During science fiction's Pre-Golden Age (1904-33), writers dreamed up mechanical and quasi-organic humanoids so compelling that they continue to haunt today's scifi, forcing us to ask what it means to be human. More »
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We were excited to interview folk/rock singer John Darnielle, from The Mountain Goats, because his songs had always seemed like the perfect alternative science fiction soundtrack to us. Maybe it's the way they wrap otherworldly tropes, including alien invasions, in with their alienated ballads. Their latest album includes a song about H.P. Lovecraft, and Darnielle's first book is an exploration of Black Sabbath's Master of Reality, space travel ode and all. Darnielle explains his science fiction influences, and whether he's a dystopian songwriter. More »
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The Western suburbs of London were a fantastic place to be a sad android fetishist in the late 1990s. Adult contemporary radio stations in two cities, Slough and Guildford, developed Sorayama-esque android DJs, Twinkle and Talon, who wore silver bodysuits, silver hair and (in the case of Talon) a chrome bustier. Guildford's Talon became so popular she did public appearances, endorsed Andrex facial tissue, and even had two backup dancers. And she also posed for some very bizarre cheescake (circuitcake?) photos, all in the name of connecting more people to Air Supply. Click through for more details and a gallery. More »
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For once, these fashion models don't just look like robots by accident. The make-up artist for yesterday's Marios Schwab fashion show in London modeled the models' faces on "Battlestar Galactica android aliens." That included bleaching the eyebrows, using pale foundation, and putting reflective gloss on eyelids, says artist Val Garland with Revlon. "It's all about a very blank face," she added. Click through for full-body pics of Cylons on the catwalk. More »
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A terrible tragedy has befallen an abandoned Elvis karaoke android in the streets of New York City. Jeff writes in to tell us about how he rescued this shattered, Westworld-looking bot from certain destruction in a trash bin. Now he's immortalizing it on film and hopes to get it working again. More »
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