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more about #sexbots Hamslicer: Brought to you by: The Stepford Association. more » HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.: I gotta admit, I'd want a housework-bot. Only because I suck at housework. The bot can also take care of chores like winterizing the swamp cooler. more » hwilam: Given the state of speech recognition, I can't see any of these 'bots being viable in the near future... and having to type, "Right there, don't stop"... more » TemporalOutLaw: So the survey wasn't supposed to be sexist? Damn, I wanted my robot to able to open a pickle jar and read on the crapper. more » tnmnsquare: How about an exercise partner or a work partner for people with high risk occupations? That seems huge in the future. I just hope I can afford a robot... more » zslane: I'd pick Housecleaning too. I don't need a robot to take care of any of the other listed activities (Bodyguard? What regular citizen needs one of those?) more » comics0026: What percentage of the votes were female? I mean, it's just as likely that women don't want to do the housework either (let alone be pigeonholed into ... more » Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.: I need a robot to clean my other robot and have sex with it. more » Ignited_Impulse: Why can't it be a bodyguard, a sex slave, and do the cooking and cleaning? My God, if I have my own damn robot you better believe it will be doing eve... 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 » josecanUC: Characterizing sex work as 'traditionally' feminine is a great way to marginalize a lot of gay hookers. And also seems to imply the assumption that e... more » Dr.Quatermass Sc.D: Purveyor of Truth, Disseminator of Lies: "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 » BlueLightRosie: I already have a robot that pays my bills. It's called automatic payments. more » TheSuit: I think these results aren't just skewed by the options but also by the population tested. Am I the only one who thinks that most of a Futurist's Blog... 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 » -
#chartporn
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 » -
#foundfootage
Female Android Can Only Be Activated By Sex Power [NSFW]
A super-advanced female android is almost ready to awaken: she just needs a flesh-and-blood woman to have sex near her, so she can absorb the female energy. Or something. Luckily, her dorky brother android gets laid nearby, in this clip. More » -
#foundfootage
Battling Sexbots Just Want An Upgrade From Your Hard Drive [NSFW]
So much amazing wrongness in this NSFW clip from Buttobi CPU. A malfunctioning sexbot attacks another sexbot and her master. The friendly sexbot can't defend herself unless her master upgrades her... by sticking his "active molecules" in her "rear port." More » -
#androiddjs
Soft Rock Sexbots Are Kinda Hot, Kinda Creepy
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 » -
