Sunday, December 02, 2007

Straw Robot

I embrace the fast forward assault on our minds to handle the Future Now! as much as the next guy.

But I find something deeply unsettling about this photo of a new Japanese robot offering a straw. Nothing so innocent seemed so ominous.

The eyes are sinister, but not for long....

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Robots don't kill.

People kill.

2:15 p.m.  
Blogger Bill Pocock said...

It's the old folks who will be the first ones to bring robots into the home. And the kids too.

I think it's intention - robot, human or other - which may kill.

8:19 p.m.  

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