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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Flobi robot head realistic enough to convey emotions, not realistic enough to give children nightmares (hopefully)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</guid><description><![CDATA[wow thats a scary pic]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 16th 2010 6:19PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Flobi robot head realistic enough to convey emotions, not realistic enough to give children nightmares (hopefully)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</guid><description><![CDATA[@Nanosman1994 <br>I'm not a child and that gives ME nightmares.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob the Terrorist]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 16th 2010 8:02PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Flobi robot head realistic enough to convey emotions, not realistic enough to give children nightmares (hopefully)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</guid><description><![CDATA[Yeah, sorry, mission not accomplished, guys; I'm pretty creeped out.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[old_fogie_late_bloomer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 16th 2010 10:42PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Flobi robot head realistic enough to convey emotions, not realistic enough to give children nightmares (hopefully)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</guid><description><![CDATA[looks like a Mii]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[mikemanblah]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 16th 2010 6:20PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Flobi robot head realistic enough to convey emotions, not realistic enough to give children nightmares (hopefully)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</guid><description><![CDATA[Hmm.. the demonstration time for anger was the longest; this can't be good.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Professor Hubert J Farnsworth]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 16th 2010 6:22PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Flobi robot head realistic enough to convey emotions, not realistic enough to give children nightmares (hopefully)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</guid><description><![CDATA[Looks like Frank Sidebottom's love child.<br><br><a href="http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/frank-sidebottom.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/frank-sidebottom.jpg</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[HelloIAmGary]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 16th 2010 6:22PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Flobi robot head realistic enough to convey emotions, not realistic enough to give children nightmares (hopefully)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</guid><description><![CDATA[@helloiamgary <br><br>Screw you, I came in here to say that...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Will]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 16th 2010 6:23PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Flobi robot head realistic enough to convey emotions, not realistic enough to give children nightmares (hopefully)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</guid><description><![CDATA[@WillyVWade  I'm just glad someone else saw it too. There's somethings you can't unsee.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[HelloIAmGary]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 16th 2010 6:41PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Flobi robot head realistic enough to convey emotions, not realistic enough to give children nightmares (hopefully)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</guid><description><![CDATA["not realistic enough to *not* give children nightmares"]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[NCase]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 16th 2010 6:25PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Flobi robot head realistic enough to convey emotions, not realistic enough to give children nightmares (hopefully)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</guid><description><![CDATA[@NCase <br>Better yet, "unrealistic enough to give children nightmares"<br><br>But this is Engadget, I've come to expect 4th grade grammar from their "articles".]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[turtlesoup]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 16th 2010 8:09PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Flobi robot head realistic enough to convey emotions, not realistic enough to give children nightmares (hopefully)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</guid><description><![CDATA[@rchives  <br>Touche.  My mistake on the double negative.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[NCase]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 16th 2010 9:04PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Flobi robot head realistic enough to convey emotions, not realistic enough to give children nightmares (hopefully)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</guid><description><![CDATA[I just lost 2 hours of sleep from looking at that pic. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA['Vette Dude]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 16th 2010 6:32PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Flobi robot head realistic enough to convey emotions, not realistic enough to give children nightmares (hopefully)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</guid><description><![CDATA[@VetteDude Don't worry, i've got them, but i'm afraid i'm going to keep them. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[d0mth0ma5]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 16th 2010 6:57PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Flobi robot head realistic enough to convey emotions, not realistic enough to give children nightmares (hopefully)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</guid><description><![CDATA[All I was thinking was "Oh dam, Astroboy!"]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[MrIgbo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 16th 2010 6:32PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Flobi robot head realistic enough to convey emotions, not realistic enough to give children nightmares (hopefully)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</guid><description><![CDATA[Statement: I'm afraid I'll be the one delivering nightmares tonight.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[HK47]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 16th 2010 6:47PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Flobi robot head realistic enough to convey emotions, not realistic enough to give children nightmares (hopefully)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</guid><description><![CDATA[Note to the video editor— music should relate to what is being shown; it's a expressive robotic cartoon face you're presenting here.<br><br>By the music one would think it was a Porsche, motorcycle or a fast paced video game! ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[yrag]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 16th 2010 7:05PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Flobi robot head realistic enough to convey emotions, not realistic enough to give children nightmares (hopefully)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</guid><description><![CDATA[@yrag Another note to the video editor: if you must include the part about changing the mask and gender, which only distracts from your main message, then put it at the end, why don'tcha?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hans Wurst]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 16th 2010 7:34PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Flobi robot head realistic enough to convey emotions, not realistic enough to give children nightmares (hopefully)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</guid><description><![CDATA[@yrag - This is why I listen to most of these videos that Engadget links to on mute.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[imagine671]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 17th 2010 6:19AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Flobi robot head realistic enough to convey emotions, not realistic enough to give children nightmares (hopefully)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</guid><description><![CDATA[OMG creepy !!!! ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[sixtool]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 16th 2010 7:06PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Flobi robot head realistic enough to convey emotions, not realistic enough to give children nightmares (hopefully)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</guid><description><![CDATA[That was pretty cool. Still a bit too freaky. I prefer to have robots with scifi looking faces like C-3PO or something.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[cdog617]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 16th 2010 7:11PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Flobi robot head realistic enough to convey emotions, not realistic enough to give children nightmares (hopefully)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</guid><description><![CDATA[Is she related to her hair-cutting cousin, Flowbee?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[You Like Beef]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 16th 2010 7:19PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Flobi robot head realistic enough to convey emotions, not realistic enough to give children nightmares (hopefully)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</guid><description><![CDATA[Yeah, yeah, we already know how a Mr. Potato Head works.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marbles]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 16th 2010 8:07PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Flobi robot head realistic enough to convey emotions, not realistic enough to give children nightmares (hopefully)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</guid><description><![CDATA[It doesn't mater how cartoony you make it. A disembodied animated head is creepy. Even if it is a character that never had a body like Jambi, it would still be creepy.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[SFHandyman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 16th 2010 8:32PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Flobi robot head realistic enough to convey emotions, not realistic enough to give children nightmares (hopefully)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</guid><description><![CDATA[looks like katy perry]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[patrickhuynguyen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 16th 2010 8:46PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Flobi robot head realistic enough to convey emotions, not realistic enough to give children nightmares (hopefully)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</guid><description><![CDATA[The race is on, Germany, Japan, who will win the race to create the sex-bot we all desire?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[NikkoTheGreeko]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 16th 2010 8:46PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Flobi robot head realistic enough to convey emotions, not realistic enough to give children nightmares (hopefully)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</guid><description><![CDATA[yep, still creepy.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[cicada]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 16th 2010 8:46PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Flobi robot head realistic enough to convey emotions, not realistic enough to give children nightmares (hopefully)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</guid><description><![CDATA[Looks like Michael Jackson's concept of perfection.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Major4Play]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 16th 2010 9:02PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Flobi robot head realistic enough to convey emotions, not realistic enough to give children nightmares (hopefully)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</guid><description><![CDATA[Will it blend? Let's see. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[SuperModified]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 16th 2010 9:09PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Flobi robot head realistic enough to convey emotions, not realistic enough to give children nightmares (hopefully)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</guid><description><![CDATA[Stay away from my son you ROBOT. AWWWWWWWWWWWWWW]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[dqham]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 16th 2010 9:44PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Flobi robot head realistic enough to convey emotions, not realistic enough to give children nightmares (hopefully)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</guid><description><![CDATA[It looks a lot like a continuation of the Philips iCat project:<br><br><a href="http://www.research.philips.com/technologies/projects/robotics/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.research.philips.com/technologies/projects/robotics/index.html</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[SuperDre]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 17th 2010 4:02AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Flobi robot head realistic enough to convey emotions, not realistic enough to give children nightmares (hopefully)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/flobi-robot-head-realistic-enough-to-convey-emotions-not-realis/</guid><description><![CDATA[Can someone PLEASE tell me why creating robots with human-like facial expressions is important? Most HUMAN facial expressions give me the creeps. Who needs robots doing the same thing? Robots should perform a function, not look like a human. And if someone wants to get all psychological with me and talk about humans bonding easier with robots that express human-like expressions, please don't bother. If, for instance, robots take over the role of teachers or nurses, why do they have to look human? And in how many instances would we want robots to take over all these roles? You think unemployment is bad NOW, just wait! I actually blame unemployment on the fact that we have doubled the population of the Earth in half a century. There simply aren't enough excuses to pay people any more. That's why I'm pushing papers around and editing Excel documents. FML.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[imagine671]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 17th 2010 6:23AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
