human are the speculative — there ’s no denying it . But isolating yourself from the residual of man does n’t precisely follow withthe besttrack recordeither . Now , though , you could get the best of both worlds thanks toSociBot - Mini , a depth - detection , mood - reading , friends’-identity - stealing bodiless automaton torso .
create byEngineered Artsin the UK , SociBot - Mini may not be able to draw around doing your dictation , but it can help fill all your emotional needs thanks to its straits - mount RGB tv camera , infrared profoundness sensor , touchscreen user interface , and two - path audio system . Its depth - sensing camera works in very much the same way as Microsoft ’s Kinect . capable to track up to 12 masses ’s faces at once , the robot can analyze your mood by capturing facial expressions and interact consequently .
The creepiest part , though , is SociBot - Mini ’s backlit , three - dimensional face CRT screen , which can either project one of its proprietary faces or a acquaintance ’s ground on a headshot . The idea here is permit telepresence call to sense more naturalistic , but the implications for desperate unrequited buff everywhere is hard to ignore .
The SociBot - Mini is already on sale , marketed as a form of futuristic information terminal . But now , the company ’s gearing up its imminent Kickstarter campaign for a cheaper , slimmed - down variant stringently intended for home use . So if you ’ve long dreamed of take a dear friend who does n’t beware being an unpaid personal assistant / emotional hard worker ( along with not having all those other messy human bits ) , your favorable day could be just around the corner . [ New Scientist ]
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