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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on People-lifting android unveiled in Japan]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/people-lifting-android-unveiled-in-japan/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/people-lifting-android-unveiled-in-japan/</guid><description><![CDATA[is that 145 lbs or 145 KGs?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mort85]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 29th 2007 9:48PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on People-lifting android unveiled in Japan]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/people-lifting-android-unveiled-in-japan/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/people-lifting-android-unveiled-in-japan/</guid><description><![CDATA[Don't senor citizens hate technology?<br><br>Why in my day...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ndisi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 29th 2007 10:35PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on People-lifting android unveiled in Japan]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/people-lifting-android-unveiled-in-japan/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/people-lifting-android-unveiled-in-japan/</guid><description><![CDATA[I, for one, welcome our body-disposing overlords.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mickey Jones]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 29th 2007 11:17PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on People-lifting android unveiled in Japan]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/people-lifting-android-unveiled-in-japan/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/people-lifting-android-unveiled-in-japan/</guid><description><![CDATA[I'm sorry...but If I just got out of hernia surgery to only be carried around by a robot...NO THANK YOU. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kads Baker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 29th 2007 10:33PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on People-lifting android unveiled in Japan]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/people-lifting-android-unveiled-in-japan/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/people-lifting-android-unveiled-in-japan/</guid><description><![CDATA[Reminds me of They Live. "What's wrong, baby?"]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 29th 2007 10:26PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on People-lifting android unveiled in Japan]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/people-lifting-android-unveiled-in-japan/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/people-lifting-android-unveiled-in-japan/</guid><description><![CDATA[Hector from saturn 3.. <br><br>No Thanks..]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[buystuff]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 29th 2007 10:33PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on People-lifting android unveiled in Japan]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/people-lifting-android-unveiled-in-japan/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/people-lifting-android-unveiled-in-japan/</guid><description><![CDATA[Looks like this thing is for small women then.  I hardly know anybody who weighs under 145 pounds.  If its KGs, then we got a super bot on our hands.  *runs off to develope kryptonite laced emp shock wave*]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[mike]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 29th 2007 10:33PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on People-lifting android unveiled in Japan]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/people-lifting-android-unveiled-in-japan/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/people-lifting-android-unveiled-in-japan/</guid><description><![CDATA[Has it ever occured to anyone that everytime they develop some new robot that "saves humans" they never use a real human? It's always a dummy. That just shows how safe this thing is - They won't even use a real human to demonstrate.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Justin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 29th 2007 10:59PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on People-lifting android unveiled in Japan]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/people-lifting-android-unveiled-in-japan/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/people-lifting-android-unveiled-in-japan/</guid><description><![CDATA[I, for one, welcome our meat-bag lifting overlords.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 29th 2007 10:59PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on People-lifting android unveiled in Japan]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/people-lifting-android-unveiled-in-japan/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/people-lifting-android-unveiled-in-japan/</guid><description><![CDATA[Yes master, lift me as you wish.<br><br>Anyway, they don't use humans until they're absolutely sure it's safe. It's always dummies. Besides, cars are always tested with dummies. Bots are sent to planets. Never humans - not just for life saving technology, but for everything - even destructive technology isn't tested on humans ^_^<br><br>It will probably for like children or they will make it able to carry heavier weights.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[2Perfect]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 30th 2007 1:10AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on People-lifting android unveiled in Japan]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/people-lifting-android-unveiled-in-japan/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/people-lifting-android-unveiled-in-japan/</guid><description><![CDATA[Now all they have to do is tear us in pieces while we are sedated.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Manuel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 29th 2007 11:35PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on People-lifting android unveiled in Japan]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/people-lifting-android-unveiled-in-japan/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/people-lifting-android-unveiled-in-japan/</guid><description><![CDATA[I need one of them to help get my sad old carcass out of bed every afternoon.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gwen from Tempe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 30th 2007 1:44AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on People-lifting android unveiled in Japan]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/people-lifting-android-unveiled-in-japan/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/people-lifting-android-unveiled-in-japan/</guid><description><![CDATA[I think its funny that they make a robot that lifts things and the first application they can think of is lifting senior citizens.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[tmkates]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 29th 2007 11:49PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on People-lifting android unveiled in Japan]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/people-lifting-android-unveiled-in-japan/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/people-lifting-android-unveiled-in-japan/</guid><description><![CDATA[I bet that 145lb robot couldn't carry my 210lb-ass through a threshold. That's commitment right there baby!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[jayk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 30th 2007 2:48AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on People-lifting android unveiled in Japan]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/people-lifting-android-unveiled-in-japan/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/people-lifting-android-unveiled-in-japan/</guid><description><![CDATA[I hope the robot has soft hands. :)<br><br><a href="http://www.domester.net" rel="nofollow">http://www.domester.net</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Domester.NET]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 30th 2007 3:08AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on People-lifting android unveiled in Japan]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/people-lifting-android-unveiled-in-japan/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/people-lifting-android-unveiled-in-japan/</guid><description><![CDATA[According to the original article, the dummy is 145 pounds, but it doesn't say how much weight the robot can lift total. However, if they're using a 145lb dummy for the demonstration, I think the robot can probably lift at least a third more than that.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Aaron]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 30th 2007 4:25AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on People-lifting android unveiled in Japan]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/people-lifting-android-unveiled-in-japan/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/people-lifting-android-unveiled-in-japan/</guid><description><![CDATA[If I know anything about electronics this baby should be able to lift 290 pounds by this time next year and cost half as much!<br><br>145 pound lifting capacity is a good start, they'll no doubt improve the design.<br>(mp3 players get more storage, computers get faster, cars get um... safer?)<br><br> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Hadder]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 30th 2007 5:16AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on People-lifting android unveiled in Japan]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/people-lifting-android-unveiled-in-japan/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/people-lifting-android-unveiled-in-japan/</guid><description><![CDATA[I heard an update that claims, the Japanese have already UPDATED this robot by painting it black, adding a 120 GB HDD and HDMI.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[BloodFalcon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 30th 2007 7:00AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on People-lifting android unveiled in Japan]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/people-lifting-android-unveiled-in-japan/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/29/people-lifting-android-unveiled-in-japan/</guid><description><![CDATA[I can already think of a great use for this thing:<br><br>3:45am - "Liftbot, take me to the bathroom"<br><br>No more slamming your pinky toe on the corner of beds and walls in the dark....but wait, will he have night vision? :s]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[o0adam0o]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 30th 2007 9:56AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
