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This smiling robot face made of living skin is absolute nightmare fuel (techcrunch.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Original publication: https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-physical-science/fulltext/S2666-3864(24)00335-7

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago (4 children)

And what does that skin feed off of?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

They had a very very similar thing in bicentennial man

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Is the one on the left meant to look like zuck?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago

Don’t judge. He has a lot of layers to put on before he goes out in public.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago (3 children)

This is both really cool, and really unsettling. I wonder if this research might help in the other direction as well, such as with transplants and grafts

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago

That was my first thought too; would this improve treatment for serious burn victims and such. Sounds like what they've made is better overall for sticking to applied surfaces and moving without tearing. Heck, maybe this could even lead to prosthetics that allow physical sensation

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 months ago

The least they can do is put googly eyes on it. C'mon, bare minimum effort lol.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Me: “Reading the technology community will be safe before bed”

OP: “Nah.”

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago

... kill me ...

[–] [email protected] 89 points 6 months ago (1 children)

'Living tissue over a metal endoskeleton.'

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[–] [email protected] 109 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (4 children)