When Robots Start Rapping

Advance Media Inc. and Kokoro Co. Ltd, designed a humanlike female robot for the 2005 World Expo in Aichi, Japan. In the event--according to We Make Money, Not Art--robots will greet guests, entertain children, and perform rap music.

Quoted from the Nedo site about the female robot, which is called "Actroid":

When communicating with a guest, ACTROID responds with natural gestures such eye movement and smiling.

This is the natural gesture to say "I cost THIS much!"

UPDATE: IT CAN'T RAP, BUT BOY, HOW IT CAN ENHANCE YOUR KIDS' ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT!

Andi Saptono pointed out that there are other robots listed in the Nedo site. For instance, the PaPeRo, a childcare robot that "can learn contents to increase the knowledge of children and enhance their academic achievement."

Andi wasn't sure whether he should feel "awed or freaked out."

Love Your Baby!

Always use poisonless spoons

SOUNDS LIKE THE PERFECT FIRM FOR...

...our government.

Scientific Proof that Those Who Designed...

...James Bond's nemeses are kids.

Worth quoting:

(on Dartman)

Pjalne: Yeah, you've gotta love the bad guys for their sense of poetic symmetry. And their taste in headgear. I'm pretty sure I saw Naomi Campbell wearing that same dart hat on the catwalk.

RoG: Wait, I can throw darts at Naomi Campbell? Where do I sign up?

Someone Asked Me...

"Have you ever found a news headline which sounds like a new hit single for Snoop Dogg?"

Yes.

Today's Office Productivity Application

Petals around the rose.

(Thanks to Andi Saptono.)


UPDATE: CHECK OUT...

...how other people (including Bill Gates) tried to solve the puzzle (no spoiler).

Worth quoting:

"Is the answer eight?"

"No, it's two."

"Oh hell!"

"No, that's the answer in another game."

TOPICS YOU SHOULD AVOID AT FIRST DATE'S DINNER

1. "In the near future, this paper might come from kangaroo dung."


2. "This lime juice reminds me of the new cancer cure concocted from cow urine."

Things Not to Say to...

...a naked man wielding a sword.

1. "Are you compensating for something?"


2. "When we said 'cover yourself' we referred to clothing."


3. "If you really need to borrow a shirt, you could've asked politely."


4. "The guys who stole your clothes went that-away!"

Things on Potential Mother-In-Law's Kitchen Table That Make You Sweat

1. A homicidal-endorsing knife rest


2. A mechanical fly trap that burps

Sounds Like a Potential...

...major MTV Production film.

A couple of Cornwall students plan to spend their summer breaking as many stupid US laws as possible.

Worth quoting:

[Richard Smith] is attempting to negotiate a book deal, which could help pay any fines he incurs.

SO DOES...

...this.

Wanted: A 100-word essay on why you'd like to fire a cannon to blash the writer Hunter S. Thompson's remains heavenward.


WHILE THIS...

...is more suitable for a flick with its major role played by Rob Schneider.