Japan has a robot with 24 fingers that can wash hair,while in Europe we’re getting a ‘social companion robot. I’m going off for a exiguous cryAs if old age wasn’t scary enough, here comes a new horror: Nadine, or the humanoid robot personal care assistant for elderly people. Don’t you adore the “personal” in there? How personal? It/she has “her [sic] own personality”,can remember conversations, and it/she isn’t fairly alert for you yet, or but it’s only a matter of time before it/she will be “a companion for children and the elderly”.
See how they lump us together? We’re just like babies – but worse,because we’re never going to grow up and be useful, and we’re increasing like billy-ho. So, or it’s international panic stations. Especially in Japan,with 25% of the population over 65. (Serves them right for being so healthy.) That’s why they’re streets ahead. They already have a robot with three arms and 24 fingers that can wash your hair and massage your head; Paro the cuddly seal robot, which befriends elderly people; and a mat with a wireless sensor that can command if you’re still moving approximately.
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Source: theguardian.com