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more about #chartporn more comments → Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.: I need a robot to clean my other robot and have sex with it. more » Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: Housecleaning and chauffeur is what I'd want (If the "earns money" option isn't available). Sigh, all the extra time for fun and sleep. A constructio... more » Chip Overclock: The Housecleaning versus Sex Slave choices are almost evenly split. I suspect a strong gender-based selection bias in those answers. more » Dr.Quatermass: I have to say Dr. You are once again spot on with that oberservation and anything I am about to say that contradicts this statement is strictly for humor sake.: "For example, we don't see any poll options for stereotypically "masculine" jobs..." Thank you for making that observation Annalee. I was getting wor... more » Im_your_Huckleberry: So, does the sexbot use the "blue screen of death" excuse other than "not now I have a headache?" more » cletar: By "pay my bills," do you mean with it's own money? Because if a robot wants pay *for* my bills, I would totally vote for that. more » ManchuCandidate: We know that 37% of respondents have the "Metal Fever." Futurama has already predicted the future: Did you notice what went wrong in that scene? Ord... more » Dr Emilio Lizardo: If I already have a Roomba do I get a second one or have I already chosen. more » Grey_Area: I am waiting for the development of a robot that will take polls for me. more » Janglesatwest: Well, given the choices that makes sense. Housecleaning is hard with little enjoyment (for me anyways) and having a sex robot would mean you could hav... more » Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!: I can think of no one who would be surprised by this news. Also, I wish I had a robot that did housecleaning more than anything else. I feel old. more » jajbowler: This brings this guy I know just that much closer to fulfilling his Rosie Jetson fantasy. more » Ruthless, If you let me: I resemble all of those stereotypes. I would also like a robot to all of those things for me, especially "work a job I hate all day to earn money." more » BangarangRufio867: Do you think one of the "Other Answers" was go out to bar with sexbot looking for a third sexbot to have a crazy housecleaning party with? However, k... more » Roklimber: I think the top 4 are very easy to understand, at least in regards to men. Most men don't get enough sex, so naturally they'd want an easy and cheap ... more » -
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Recent Poll Reveals Massive Untapped Market for Sexbots
If you could have a personal robot that did just one thing, what would it be? That's what futurist Mike Treder asked the readers of his blog, and the top answers revealed what we secretly (or not so secretly) suspected. More » -
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In Case of Monster Attack, Know Your Enemies' Weaknesses
If you ever find yourself trapped inside a movie or a video game, you may wish you had studied Olly Moss' strategy guide poster, which offers a quick reference on the easiest ways to dispatch enemies from AT-ATs to zombies. More » -
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Charting the Evolution of Superhero Movies
This supersized infographic from Koldcast TV charts superhero movies from Superman to Wolverine, examining the earning power of costumed heroes, the biggest hits and flops, and superhero firsts, as well as adding the occasional interesting factoid. More » -
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Robots Are More Popular Than Cold Fusion
When did robots become more popular than cold fusion? Will nano out pace micro as academia's prefix of choice? PHD Comics charts out the changing popularity of various buzzwords in academic papers over the years. More » -
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Keep from Getting Lost with Wired's Map of the Future
The future could be a confusing place, filled with virtual worlds, global infrastructure, new economic systems, and interspecies communication. Fortunately, Wired Italia's latest infographic maps out one possible vision of the future, so you won't get lost amidst the changes. More » -
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Epic Movie Narratives, Conveniently Charted
Today's xkcd takes an unusual approach to explaining epic movies: diagraming the interactions between the characters. He charts out Jurassic Park, Lord of the Rings, and the original Star Wars trilogy, and takes an amusing crack at Primer. More » -
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Research Reveals That Apocalyptic Stories Changed Dramatically 20 Years Ago
Most major religions, going back thousands of years, tell stories about the End of the World. And post-apocalyptic fiction is perennially popular. So why, in the last twenty years, has the apocalypse ceased to matter? More » -
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Top 50 Vampires: The Ultimate Score Sheet
Which vampires sparkle in the sunlight, and which ones burn? Which ones fear stakes, or crosses? With vampires ruling the world of entertainment, it's important to know all the facts. Here's our roundup of 50 vampires' superpowers and weaknesses.
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Chart Shows How Few Missions To Mars Succeeded
This chart, created by Bryan Christie Designs, is an amazing visualization of all the Mars missions - including data on how few of them actually succeeded in reaching their goals. The good news: Recent missions have a high success rate. More » -
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The Tallest Monsters, the Largest Starships, and the Space Race
The Visual Aid book series is chock full of fun and fascinating infographics that explain everything from the space race timeline to the relative sizes of the dinosaurs. And they've distilled their visual information onto handy posters. More » -
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50 Years, 200 Missions, One Enormous Map
Have trouble keeping track of the nearly 200 past and current missions to explore our solar system and beyond? National Geographic's elegant infographic displays 50 years of space exploration in a colorful map of our planetary neighbors. More » -
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At Last, A Graph That Explains Scifi TV After Star Trek
When have TV aliens been more popular than magic? Do shows featuring time travel fare better than those about space exploration? We chart the popularity of television's most common themes, and see how scifi television has changed since 1970.
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A Twirling Timeline of Fictional Time Travel
If all time travelers existed in the same timeline, it might look something like this infographic, which outlines which time traveler arrived in which year, how they got there, and what time travel paradoxes could arise. More » -
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Is This The Year Urban Fantasy Conquers Science Fiction?
Urban fantasy is swallowing up speculative fiction book sales, according to a new sales chart from Tim Holman, our new favorite chart pornographer. The Orbit Books publisher says that urban fantasy now claims nearly half the SF/F bestselller list. More » -
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Proof That Every Fantasy Book Cover Must Contain a Sword
The nerds over at Orbit Books have examined every single fantasy book cover from the past year they could get their hands on, and tallied up the most popular visual elements. Shockingly, unicorns are extremely unpopular in fantasy cover art. More » -
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British UFOs Choose Their Times And Places With Great Care
Britain's National Archives disclosed every reported UFO sighting from 1959 through 1992. This chart shows the prevalence, by year, and the locations of the sightings in 1990-1992. Can you spot the pattern in this chart from the Guardian newspaper? More » -
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A Periodic Table for Black Hole Orbits
Physicist Janna Levin last year published a paper where she offers a way to understand what happens to objects trapped in the intense gravitational field around rotating black holes. As this chart shows, there are many paths to the singularity. More » -
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Comic-Con Day One: What Does It All Mean?
It's the first official day of annual pop culture preview fest Comic-Con. Want to know more? We've created this helpful flowchart showing what most people are doing here. Bonus: We include some tips on getting laid and/or meeting Joss Whedon.
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When Sequels Took Over Science Fiction Books
If you feel like you've noticed more and more science fiction books labeled "Book Seventeen of the Outer Explosions saga," you're not imagining things. A plague of sequels has overtaken science fiction books, judging from a statistical study in StrangeHorizons. More » -
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Chart Shows How Transhumanism Went Mainstream
Over At Accelerating Future, Michael Anissimov has used Google Trends to do a quick analysis of how many people searched on the term "transhumanism" over the past five years. More »
