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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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[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

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