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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 »Computers Smarter Than Humans Are Inevitable This Century, Says Sawyer
We're bound to spawn computers smarter than us in the next ninety years or so. So we may as well start hoping they have our best interests at heart, says Wake author Robert J. Sawyer. More »Cartoon Robot Is Plotting Its Three-Fingered Bloody Uprising
Toshiba's new household robot, the ApriAttenda, may have a humiliatingly cute cartoon face, but its robot brain plots murder. Its three-fingered hands long to shred your flesh, while its palm-cameras record every detail. Gallery below. More »Full Service Robo-Urinal Makes Me Scared For The Future
Talk about getting a bad case of stage fright: this robo-urinal allegedly holds your man bits while you relieve yourself. Aren't we just giving them excuses to go forward with the robot revolution? [Geekologie]