EnderOTD Posted October 13, 2013 #1 Share Posted October 13, 2013 A replica of the human body, dubbed the Bionic Man, is to leave the UK for the first time and take up temporary residence in the US. The Bionic Man is a robot that showcases how far technology has come in replicating the human body. The body was put together by the Shadow Robotics company using artificial limbs and organs borrowed from the laboratories of leading scientists from as far afield as New Zealand and San Francisco. Almost every component is taken from existing medical research or existing medical technology. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/technology-video/10372493/Hi-tech-Bionic-Man-leaves-British-shores-for-US-tour.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+C2C-InTheNews+%28Feed+-+Coast+to+Coast+-+In+the+News%29 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassai26 Posted October 21, 2013 #2 Share Posted October 21, 2013 the face...creepy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperdyer Posted October 21, 2013 #3 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Boy, this cost a lot less than Steve Austin did back in the '80s. SyFy had a Joe Rogan Questions Everything where a female robot was holding a converstion and sounded fairlt human in voice and attitude. "She" aspires to be a real person at some point. Talk about a Pinocchio complex! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ineffectiveArtist Posted October 21, 2013 #4 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Eeep... What if it gets it's own will and attacks us...? o.e Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pallidin Posted October 21, 2013 #5 Share Posted October 21, 2013 They will surely have to spend another million dollars to create "Eve", else he might get lonely and become a robot serial rapist. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Grey Posted October 21, 2013 #6 Share Posted October 21, 2013 ...else he might get lonely and become a robot serial rapist. I can tell you right now that sentence will be the scariest thought of the day. We'd need to build robot cops to chase this thing down. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duchess Gummybuns Posted October 21, 2013 #7 Share Posted October 21, 2013 I can imagine myself going to a store that sells extra body parts and asking the shop owner: "Hey, Frank I'm looking for a nice eyeball." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnderOTD Posted October 21, 2013 Author #8 Share Posted October 21, 2013 That is the first reaction I have seen that can really be attributed to the "Uncanny valley". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnderOTD Posted October 21, 2013 Author #9 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Boy, this cost a lot less than Steve Austin did back in the '80s. SyFy had a Joe Rogan Questions Everything where a female robot was holding a converstion and sounded fairlt human in voice and attitude. "She" aspires to be a real person at some point. Talk about a Pinocchio complex! But I don't see the contemporary bionic man leaping 6 feet into the air and dashing at incredible speeds, more like hobbling along slower than my grandmother using a walker and jumping nigh nothing. I saw that episode of Joe Rogan Questions Everything as well, really creepy situation there. I found it more creepy that the women that developed that robot based the design and likeness off of her deceased lover. Just creep show material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino666 Posted October 21, 2013 #10 Share Posted October 21, 2013 It die of old age like the rest of then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freetoroam Posted October 21, 2013 #11 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Can you imagine what it could be like in years to come if they start mass producing them things. They will be serving you your fries and bigmac saying "ha ve a ni ice da ay" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnderOTD Posted October 21, 2013 Author #12 Share Posted October 21, 2013 I think the whole project is just focusing on using current medical technology to showcase the strides that medical science has come with prosthetics and artificial organs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted October 21, 2013 #13 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Boy, this cost a lot less than Steve Austin did back in the '80s. SyFy had a Joe Rogan Questions Everything where a female robot was holding a converstion and sounded fairlt human in voice and attitude. "She" aspires to be a real person at some point. Talk about a Pinocchio complex! 70's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlienDan Posted October 21, 2013 #14 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Well that was dumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likely Guy Posted October 22, 2013 #15 Share Posted October 22, 2013 It's a robot. There's nothing "bionic" about it because there is no 'biology' involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnderOTD Posted October 22, 2013 Author #16 Share Posted October 22, 2013 It's a robot. There's nothing "bionic" about it because there is no 'biology' involved. Well that was dumb. Thank you for your input. Do you think that any of this technology has helped people to cope with their physical shortcomings at all? or are you just commenting to say something negative? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F3SS Posted October 22, 2013 #17 Share Posted October 22, 2013 That robot is weak. It's nothing compared to the DARPA terminators. They'll be selling this thing at Best Buy soon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skep B Posted October 22, 2013 #18 Share Posted October 22, 2013 It's a robot. There's nothing "bionic" about it because there is no 'biology' involved. Not till they start answering my letters anyways Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likely Guy Posted October 22, 2013 #19 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Thank you for your input. Do you think that any of this technology has helped people to cope with their physical shortcomings at all? or are you just commenting to say something negative? Who said anything about this technology not helping people? I said that there is nothing BIONIC involved. Apparently you lack a dictionary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnderOTD Posted October 22, 2013 Author #20 Share Posted October 22, 2013 (edited) No Who said anything about this technology not helping people? I said that there is nothing BIONIC involved. Apparently you lack a dictionary. No I don't lack a dictionary http://www.merriam-w...ctionary/bionic and this as well http://www.thefreedi...nary.com/bionic I think you wished to mention the term BIONICS, which I will give you is only the study of such. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bionics Edited October 22, 2013 by EnderOTD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnderOTD Posted October 22, 2013 Author #21 Share Posted October 22, 2013 That robot is weak. It's nothing compared to the DARPA terminators. They'll be selling this thing at Best Buy soon. Beware of Skynet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likely Guy Posted October 22, 2013 #22 Share Posted October 22, 2013 (edited) No No I don't lack a dictionary http://www.merriam-w...ctionary/bionic and this as well http://www.thefreedi...nary.com/bionic I think you wished to mention the term BIONICS, which I will give you is only the study of such. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bionics So, where is the biology of this creation? "The word bionic was coined by Jack E. Steele in 1958, possibly originating from the technical term bion (pronounced bee-on) (from Ancient Greek: βίος), meaning 'unit of life' and the suffix -ic, meaning 'like' or 'in the manner of', hence 'like life'. Some dictionaries, however, explain the word as being formed as a portmanteau from biology + electronics." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bionics You believe that it merely has to be 'life like' while I believe the latter. Edited October 22, 2013 by Likely Guy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnderOTD Posted October 22, 2013 Author #23 Share Posted October 22, 2013 (edited) Who said anything about this technology not helping people? I said that there is nothing BIONIC involved. Apparently you lack a dictionary. Your right though, I shouldn't have brought that up in the first place, knee jerk attack on my part. My bad. Edited October 22, 2013 by EnderOTD 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likely Guy Posted October 22, 2013 #24 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Your right though, I shouldn't have brought up that up in the first place, knee jerk attack on my part. My bad. Like I said, we're both right in a way. Over defensive on my part, my bad. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnderOTD Posted October 22, 2013 Author #25 Share Posted October 22, 2013 (edited) Why the hell do want to argue semantics? :edit... Right on LOL Edited October 22, 2013 by EnderOTD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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