There have been a lot of stories about how we're going to be having sex with robots by 2050, and now a Japanese firm has now produced a miniature robotic girlfriend that kisses on command. She'll go on sale in September and retail for around £90. Reuters said of the robot:
"Using her infrared sensors and battery power, the diminutive damsel named 'EMA' (for Eternal Maiden Actualization) puckers up for nearby human heads, entering what designers call its "love mode."
I still think that Brave New World-style robot sex is pretty creepy, and it's a sad day for society when we have to get our companionship from inanimate objects.
Then again, some people clearly prefer it that way: Like the man who claims to have made love to over 30 cars. On the plus side, at least he'll never have to hear the car say that it just wants to be friends.
Don't women get their companionship from 'inanimate objects'?
Posted by: jordan | Thursday, 19 June 2008 at 04:30 PM