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INTEREST: Pepper Officially Hired at Harajuku's Futuristic Nescafe




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Animechic420



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 1:10 pm Reply with quote
THE FUTURE IS NOW, THANKS TO JAPAN!
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Lili-Hime



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 1:24 pm Reply with quote
I somehow read the blurb from the main page as "With Gackt robot".... *///////////*
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Greed1914



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 2:30 pm Reply with quote
Lili-Hime wrote:
I somehow read the blurb from the main page as "With Gackt robot".... *///////////*


I did, too. Then I realized that was pretty unlikely.
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Mr. Oshawott



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 5:29 pm Reply with quote
Spending the morning enjoying a warm cup of coffee served by pepper while playing Gackt's song album: Priceless. Smile
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 5:36 pm Reply with quote
Greed1914 wrote:
Lili-Hime wrote:
I somehow read the blurb from the main page as "With Gackt robot".... *///////////*


I did, too. Then I realized that was pretty unlikely.


Is it though?
animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2013-11-21/ken-matsudaira-meet-android-ken-matsudaira
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 4:42 am Reply with quote
Murder, She wrote:

Pepper's upcoming commercial release has been accompanied by concern that it might be used for sex, largely because an app has been developed that lets users sexually harass it.


Oh, this issue has already flown the coop and left the barn. Last year, Forbes Magazine already asked "Are Child Sex-Robots Inevitable?", while during a robotics conference, ethicists discussed the moral implications of using childlike-robots to help treat pedophiles. On the other side, there's already a campaign for Intelligent machines: call for a ban on robots designed as sex toys.

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PostPosted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 11:11 am Reply with quote
I was wondering which market that Dolce Gusto machine was aimed at. First time we saw it in the office we just thought, why does it look like a butt plug?

Try the mocha though, that is the best flavour. Smile
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Hyperdrve



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 11:32 am Reply with quote
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Pepper has previously appeared serving coffee as a barista in Nescafe Harajuku in a SoftBank hackathon. Pepper's upcoming commercial release has been accompanied by concern that it might be used for sex, largely because an app has been developed that lets users sexually harass it.

Eh? You can now sexually harass robots. If there ever comes a day when other people try to push robot rights then I'll finally be 100% convinced that there are people out there that make money from "protecting other's rights."
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AnimeAddict2014



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 1:13 pm Reply with quote
not the best design imo

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ZanraiKid



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 21, 2015 5:43 am Reply with quote
All I'm saying is we're one step closer to seeing an accurate depiction of that one episode of Space Dandy, where QT meets a coffee shop robot. I for one am not opposed to knowing the Space Dandy universe could someday be a reality.
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