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Smiling robot face is made from living human skin cells (www.newscientist.com)
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A smiling face made from living human skin could one day be attached to a humanoid robot, allowing machines to emote and communicate in a more life-like way, say researchers. Its wrinkles could also prove useful for the cosmetics industry.

Edit to say: There's a video in the link 🌝

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[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 60 points 1 year ago

[-] Allonzee@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

A smiling face made from living human skin could one day be attached to a humanoid robot

[-] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 9 points 1 year ago

So we're on our way to time travel.

[-] Emperor@feddit.uk 32 points 1 year ago

Thanks, I hate it.

[-] wren@feddit.uk 12 points 1 year ago

It's the worst thing I've seen all day but it's not worse than the human brain organoid computer from a few weeks ago

[-] Emperor@feddit.uk 11 points 1 year ago

These need not be mutually exclusive - just imagine if some mad man combined the two!

[-] scarilog@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Smh someone tell these scientists that you can just have sex to make a new person

[-] Emperor@feddit.uk 5 points 1 year ago

Hold up! Why am I just hearing about this now?

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

What I’m hearing is you can just make a new person to have sex. Out of neural pods and living human skin robots.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Jesus christ. They even have a picture of a mini brain pipelined into some chip.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

It’s got enough love for the both of you

[-] BubbleMonkey@slrpnk.net 20 points 1 year ago

This is not the lab-grown meat I was promised… the whole point is -not- having a face and emotions..

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Its only emotion is joy. Even as you’re devouring it on a bun with ketchup.

[-] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago

can it please be unmade now

[-] FiniteLooper@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago

Oh, no thank you. You can keep it.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

It sings lullabies

[-] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

like anyone's going to sleep ever again after seeing it

[-] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago

I must scream

[-] confusedpuppy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 year ago

This seems like an idea spawned from an evil madman obsessed with both owning a clone army and eternal youth.

Human creativity can be so unsettling sometimes...

[-] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

wait here imma get my flame thrower real quick

[-] YaDownWitCPP@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Finally, a reason to get excited about sex bots!

This might be premature, but...

unzips

[-] Emperor@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago

This might be premature

You can get help with that problem these days.

[-] sverit@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

[-] blackbrook@mander.xyz 6 points 1 year ago

It's like they spent a lot of time and effort thinking about, how many different ways can we make this more terrifying? I'm having trouble coming up with anything else they could do short of anything really blatant like attaching it to a mobile body with flailing meat grinder arms and giving it a blood curdling 100 decibel scream.

[-] notabot@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Teeth. They could give it teeth.

[-] ThePantser@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Looks like a condom, don't stick your dick in it.

[-] intelisense@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Fucking hell...

[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Thank God. Now we just gotta put skin on a Boston Dynamics robot and let it nuke us

[-] Colour_me_triggered@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Please give it a 4 year lifespan.

[-] ChillPenguin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

"Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should" -Dr. Ian Malcolm

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