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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Emotional robot has empathy, understands your frustration]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</guid><description><![CDATA[Empathy huh?  Can it empathize with the uneasy feeling I get from its creepy eyes?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Deedubbadoo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2008 8:26AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Emotional robot has empathy, understands your frustration]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</guid><description><![CDATA[If for one, welcome our new robot........ oh, you want to give me a hug!? ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[soul7963]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2008 9:56AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Emotional robot has empathy, understands your frustration]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</guid><description><![CDATA[I, for one, welcome our empathetic overlords. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Will H.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2008 9:58AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Emotional robot has empathy, understands your frustration]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</guid><description><![CDATA[A few months back, the LIREC (Living with Robots and Interactive Companions), a European Union project announced their advances on that subject in this article: <a href="http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=526&doc_id=155718" rel="nofollow">http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=526&doc_id=155718</a> .<br><br>They had developed emotional bonding and personality transference on robots.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2008 11:12AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Emotional robot has empathy, understands your frustration]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</guid><description><![CDATA[It can tell when I'm happy, sad, or angry, but can it tell when I'm horribly creeped-out? God, what an awful, awful photo.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[max.karpiak]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2008 8:28AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Emotional robot has empathy, understands your frustration]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</guid><description><![CDATA[Yeah, "Wall-E" this thing is not.  O.o ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Blackstar]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2008 10:30AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Emotional robot has empathy, understands your frustration]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</guid><description><![CDATA[yeah, its cool to try to develop this stuff,but seriously, we need to put this money towards feeding thing hungry, or housing the homeless...WTF!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Danakin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2008 8:31AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Emotional robot has empathy, understands your frustration]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</guid><description><![CDATA[what an odd typo...<br><br>**feeding the hungry]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Danakin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2008 8:36AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Emotional robot has empathy, understands your frustration]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</guid><description><![CDATA[Or - we could slaughter the homeless and burn their bodies to help power the labs where we develop the future - like a turbocharger for evolution and science!<br><br>*evil genius laugh*]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Grey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2008 9:10AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Emotional robot has empathy, understands your frustration]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</guid><description><![CDATA[A turbocharger for evolution and science would take a lot more planning than you would think.  Before that's possible we would need to focus on replacing the stock internals...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Luke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 19th 2008 3:36AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Emotional robot has empathy, understands your frustration]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</guid><description><![CDATA[and we low ranked this guy, why? ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[striggity]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2008 11:40AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Emotional robot has empathy, understands your frustration]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</guid><description><![CDATA[This is not empathy. It's the veneer of empathy. And that can be more dangerous than empathy per se.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dullford]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2008 8:37AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Emotional robot has empathy, understands your frustration]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</guid><description><![CDATA[..or more dangerous than the LACK of empathy!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[frozo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2008 8:49AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Emotional robot has empathy, understands your frustration]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</guid><description><![CDATA[But alas, for it can never steal the unconditional love that I hold for Keepon...<br><br>Though good to see they reference you guys there, and they seem to have come some way from <a href="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2007/02/happybot.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2007/02/happybot.jpg</a> :D]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[SirCrumpet]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2008 8:38AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Emotional robot has empathy, understands your frustration]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</guid><description><![CDATA[It would probably be pretty easy to have a robot feel sorry for you...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jonathan Keim]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2008 8:40AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Emotional robot has empathy, understands your frustration]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</guid><description><![CDATA[Is this a picture from one of the "Wallace and Grummit" characters?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rob]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2008 8:41AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Emotional robot has empathy, understands your frustration]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</guid><description><![CDATA[...or even the "Wallace and Gromit" characters. ;-)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[meinnit]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2008 9:17AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Emotional robot has empathy, understands your frustration]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</guid><description><![CDATA[Oh this would be so sweet for my friend...<br><br>He's always looking for a pity party when his old lady gets on his case. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[XcRuNk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2008 8:43AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Emotional robot has empathy, understands your frustration]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</guid><description><![CDATA[You're gonna need some therapy after you wake up in the middle of the night with this thing standing over you.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[eric f.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2008 8:44AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Emotional robot has empathy, understands your frustration]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</guid><description><![CDATA[As long as it doesn't care enough about me to put me "out of my misery"]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[M.Samba]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2008 8:55AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Emotional robot has empathy, understands your frustration]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</guid><description><![CDATA[With all the technological advancements in robotics, I find it strange how they always fail at making the robot a little less creepy.  I would never want this thing staring me dead in the eye.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2008 9:18AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Emotional robot has empathy, understands your frustration]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</guid><description><![CDATA[OMG, it looks like Franklin...*sings* "for British eyes only" & "Mr F"]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Danakin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2008 9:24AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Emotional robot has empathy, understands your frustration]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</guid><description><![CDATA[dude... he sang "it ain't easy being white" and i think that's about it!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[phanbouy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2008 12:09PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Emotional robot has empathy, understands your frustration]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</guid><description><![CDATA[well, he did after he got washed... rofl]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Danakin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2008 12:18PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Emotional robot has empathy, understands your frustration]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</guid><description><![CDATA[Well I, for one, welcome our emotional robot overlords.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Grey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2008 9:24AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Emotional robot has empathy, understands your frustration]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</guid><description><![CDATA[At least they'll let us cry while we slave away.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kizorblade]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2008 10:10AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Emotional robot has empathy, understands your frustration]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</guid><description><![CDATA[Please let the meme die...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2008 10:17AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Emotional robot has empathy, understands your frustration]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</guid><description><![CDATA[Better yet, let the people who refuse to stop using the meme die.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[John B]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2008 10:40AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Emotional robot has empathy, understands your frustration]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</guid><description><![CDATA[Pretty simply algorithms involved here. If its accelerometers can detect it flying through the air, then coming to a sudden stop against the wall, then it will determine that I'm angry.<br><br>Or is that happy?<br><br>Guess it's back to the drawing board (or CAD station). Either way, Geppetto is rolling in his grave.<br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[NHAnimator]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2008 9:34AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Emotional robot has empathy, understands your frustration]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</guid><description><![CDATA[What good is making a robot that can feel sorry for you if doesn't give you sympathy sex? I won't be ditching my doll for Johnny 5 any time soon.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dirk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2008 9:44AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Emotional robot has empathy, understands your frustration]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</guid><description><![CDATA[No programmer on earth could make it feel the white hot terror that takes me over in its company. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kaiser-Machead]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2008 10:17AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Emotional robot has empathy, understands your frustration]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</guid><description><![CDATA[Rumour has it that Apple will be buying in a large stock of them ready for the iPhone 3.0 release next year, pre-programmed with suitable phrases:<br>"I'm sorry you've to queue for 10 hours, please wait another 24 until your phone is activated. I'm sorry, I feel your pain"<br>"I'm sorry your phone is bricked, I really feel your pain"<br>"I'm sorry we lied about our new mobile me service and conned you out of $99, I really feel your pain"<br>etc etc etc <br><br>;)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[dylan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2008 11:16AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Emotional robot has empathy, understands your frustration]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</guid><description><![CDATA[I think I prefer this one...<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7IxliAPjAk" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7IxliAPjAk</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Anonymous]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2008 11:57AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Emotional robot has empathy, understands your frustration]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</guid><description><![CDATA[Forget Uncanny Valley, this thing goes down below that into the realm of Dear God What's Wrong With Its Eyes!?<br><br>*shudder*]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2008 2:06PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Emotional robot has empathy, understands your frustration]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</guid><description><![CDATA[It looks creepy because it has no eyelids.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Captain Planet]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2008 5:13PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Emotional robot has empathy, understands your frustration]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</guid><description><![CDATA[Dude, that thing is going to leap-up and kill me.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[c.Lake]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2008 5:57PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Emotional robot has empathy, understands your frustration]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/emotional-robot-has-empathy-understands-your-frustration/</guid><description><![CDATA[This is what happened to the Cabbage Patch dolls, they grew older and creepier.<br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[BradS]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 21st 2008 3:06PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
