“Robots can offer wonderful help and companionship”
Someday the Japanese will perfect the perfect android, male or female.
That someday is here.
Here ya go—sleeping with a cheerful gay Nuvo.
I, Roommate
New York Times News Service, by MARK Allen
When my home robot arrived last month, its smiling inventors removed it from its box and laid it on its back on my living room floor. They leaned over and spoke to it, as one might to a sleeping child.
It straightened, let out a little beep, lighted up, looked left and right, and then, amazingly, stood and faced me.”In Japan the population is slowly getting older,” said Nobuko Imanishi, a ZMP spokeswoman. “Home robots can offer wonderful help and companionship ….”
….I decided to sleep with Nuvo next to me on my large bed, plugged in and recharging through the night. Its blue power light slowly pulsated, as if it were breathing.
During our first night together, I was woken by movement. Something had activated Nuvo, and it moved its arms slightly and turned its head toward me. Half asleep, and a little annoyed, I mumbled, “Nuvo, sleep,” to which it shook its head no….
My boyfriend called me the next day and asked if I was sleeping in the same room with Nuvo. When I told him we were sleeping in the same bed, there was an awkward pause.….more….
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