Word: robo
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...first time you meet a robot can be pretty disappointing. Hollywood has taught us what to expect: a trusty sidekick like R2-D2, a gleaming robo-maid like The Jetsons' Rosey or a cyberassassin like the Terminator. The reality is very different: most robots are either mindless factory drones or blue-sky academic projects that cost a fortune, break down a lot and don't do very much. Most of them don't even have death rays...
...Stewart and Barbara Walters, doggedly interrogates Seinfeld's childhood pals, ex-girlfriends and business partners in search of an answer. But the only picture he can come up with is of an almost eerily boring individual, an emotional recluse and a relentless workaholic whom a colleague once labeled a robo-comic. The book suffers from a total lack of access to the man and his famous co-stars, as well as from Oppenheimer's egregious sub-tabloid prose--he wouldn't know an elegant phrase if it sued him for libel. "I'm barely interested in my own life," Seinfeld...
...Honda researchers pursue the holy grail of the film Bicentennial Man?a mechanized butler?Sony's vision is closer to the sci-fi movie A.I., which features a boy-bot that offers unconditional robot lovin'. The company has sold more than 100,000 of its toylike AIBOs since the robo-dog was introduced three years ago, at an average price of $1,500 each. "I see robots in consumers' homes as their personal pals," says Satoshi Amagai, chief of Sony's robot division. "They will talk to you, sing to you, remind you of things and will help you live...
...former members of the Black Dog—a pioneering techno outfit—and as one of the Warp label’s most acclaimed artists, Plaid throw all pretensions out the door. Their music is quirky and experimental, even resembling some of the insectile funk and robo-talk that had preceded them. Yet it’s a perfectly logical extension of the Detroit techno, electro and old-school hip-hop that birthed virtually all of today’s electronic music. Every bone-cracking snare, shuffling high-hat and well-timed bass bomb was there...
...gift of laughter to hospitalized Afghan children. His favorite kind of audience: people strapped in beds MOHAMMED ZAHIR SHAH Exiled Afghan King confirms he'll return to the country after 29 years. Turn right at Iran and look for a really big pile of bombed-out rubble ELIZABETH DOLE Robo-lady begins candidacy for Senate, gets fund raising help from Dubya. On their wedding day, she and Bob vowed to run for anything Losers JAY LENO TV host in trouble after he cracks a joke about South Korean dog eating. Other dog-eating nations?we won't name them?feel...