Aiko gets a new, Starbucks-ready hand prototype

Apparently that sexual harassment suit had a big payoff for Aiko: she's getting a hand. The developers of the fembot have created a hand for her botness, with five movable fingers, 15 movable joints, feedback sensitivity, low power consumption and palatable material cost of $1800. Oddly enough, the appropriate testing grounds for such a hand is Aiko's local neighborhood Starbucks, where she apparently regularly is required to grab straws, cups and cardboard sleeves for coffee she can't drink. How cruel. On the bright side, this hand isn't just for Aiko: it can also be attached to an amputee's forearm muscles, allowing for particularly low cost replacement hand -- though we're guessing it's going to need a bit more work before it's ready for mass human consumption. Video is after the break.

[takashisenke @ Aug 10th 2008 3:54AM]

What happens if you spill coffee on it?

[Nihility @ Aug 10th 2008 5:24AM]

It goes crazy and tries to tear your throat out.
The problem is what happens if it becomes conscious?
It goes crazy and tries to tear your throat out.

[air.walk957 @ Aug 10th 2008 3:58AM]

And we care because?

[Mike @ Aug 10th 2008 5:08AM]

... we're bored.

[max @ Aug 10th 2008 4:01AM]

lawl first also vx revo's are awesome

[jvandervalk @ Aug 10th 2008 9:30AM]

lawl fail.

[Metkis @ Aug 10th 2008 4:36AM]

It looks like a storm trooper's glove... strangely, that makes me want one more.

[rento @ Aug 10th 2008 4:52AM]

This looks great but I am sure we ve seen better before. Still it is impressive to see.

[Artie Lange @ Aug 10th 2008 5:35AM]

But can it make par?

Kill da wabbit, kill da wabbit.

[zomg0t @ Aug 10th 2008 5:35AM]

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I suggest anyone that sees such advertisement (no matter what site is being advertised) reply to it with similar warnings.

[zomg0t @ Aug 10th 2008 5:39AM]

You know, if these sites weren't free, I'd visit your site so many times... I'd send it so many SYN packets...

[Bobfantastic @ Aug 10th 2008 5:54AM]

Hmm, I remember thinking at the time that Aiko was just a really expensive sex-doll for Dr Trung. But now that he's made her capable of beating him off, clearly I was wrong all along.
Erm, yeah...

[BigD @ Aug 10th 2008 8:02AM]

When I saw him "shaking" the "pepper," I thought the same thing.

Then, when it seemed as though he had run out of things to grab...he said "...you can do anything that you normally do with your hand...."

[Bill @ Aug 10th 2008 10:58AM]

Wow! This is sure to replace the Vac-U-Jac as the must-have sex toy of the future! LOL

[Shunnabunich @ Aug 10th 2008 6:20PM]

Really? I was just pondering why he would want to pepper his mouse...unless, of course, VX Revs are considered a delicacy among actroids.

[Doogietrouser @ Aug 10th 2008 6:27AM]

...Anyone see "Idiocracy?"

I guess the prediction about Starbucks is true.

[prime @ Aug 10th 2008 10:36AM]

OMG not the power glove again

[Bunson @ Aug 10th 2008 1:46PM]

Gianni should be banned for malicious links.

[ddub @ Aug 10th 2008 1:54PM]

Must feel odd to control a hand that your holding in the same hand.

[Lifehacker @ Aug 10th 2008 3:09PM]

I noticed that there's a good half-second delay between his muscle control and the hand's response. That has got to be hard to get used to. Don't try playing piano with this.

Though I expect it does just fine at squeezing robo-fem boobs.

[leboff @ Aug 10th 2008 3:32PM]

while it is spam.. and i dont approve of it
i dont see anything on that site that would suggest it contains malicious code.
if theres something i'm missing please let me know...