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...amid piles of eviscerated household appliances, working on a companion masterpiece: an even better robot. Skora says Arok's new sibling will do everything Arok can, plus open doors, light cigars and perform dozens of more complicated tasks that require feedback and self-correction. He (she?) will be semismart, with microprocessors and slow-scan television to guide his (her?) actions and, Skora hopes, the ability to take instructions direct from the inventors' brain waves. Sneb, the new creation will be called, for Ben spelled backward (with...
...leading lady in a $7,000 movie entitled Owen. She agreed, provided she could be a leading man instead. "It's an exciting challenge for an actress, and really fun trying to project the male outlook," said Black, who began her Hollywood acting career by playing semismart, bed-prone bimbos. "This is the only chance I'll probably ever have to play a man on the screen." Undoubtedly...
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