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Smiling robot face is made from living human skin cells (www.newscientist.com)
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A smiling face made from living human skin could one day be attached to a humanoid robot, allowing machines to emote and communicate in a more life-like way, say researchers. Its wrinkles could also prove useful for the cosmetics industry.

Edit to say: There's a video in the link 🌝

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[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 60 points 2 months ago (1 children)

[–] Allonzee@lemmy.world 41 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

A smiling face made from living human skin could one day be attached to a humanoid robot

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 9 points 2 months ago

So we're on our way to time travel.

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 32 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Thanks, I hate it.

[–] wren@feddit.uk 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It's the worst thing I've seen all day but it's not worse than the human brain organoid computer from a few weeks ago

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

These need not be mutually exclusive - just imagine if some mad man combined the two!

[–] scarilog@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Smh someone tell these scientists that you can just have sex to make a new person

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 5 points 2 months ago

Hold up! Why am I just hearing about this now?

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

What I’m hearing is you can just make a new person to have sex. Out of neural pods and living human skin robots.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

Jesus christ. They even have a picture of a mini brain pipelined into some chip.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

It’s got enough love for the both of you

[–] BubbleMonkey@slrpnk.net 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is not the lab-grown meat I was promised… the whole point is -not- having a face and emotions..

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

Its only emotion is joy. Even as you’re devouring it on a bun with ketchup.

[–] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 18 points 2 months ago

can it please be unmade now

[–] FiniteLooper@lemm.ee 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh, no thank you. You can keep it.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It sings lullabies

[–] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago

like anyone's going to sleep ever again after seeing it

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I must scream

[–] confusedpuppy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 months ago

This seems like an idea spawned from an evil madman obsessed with both owning a clone army and eternal youth.

Human creativity can be so unsettling sometimes...

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

wait here imma get my flame thrower real quick

[–] YaDownWitCPP@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Finally, a reason to get excited about sex bots!

This might be premature, but...

unzips

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 3 points 2 months ago

This might be premature

You can get help with that problem these days.

[–] blackbrook@mander.xyz 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's like they spent a lot of time and effort thinking about, how many different ways can we make this more terrifying? I'm having trouble coming up with anything else they could do short of anything really blatant like attaching it to a mobile body with flailing meat grinder arms and giving it a blood curdling 100 decibel scream.

[–] notabot@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

Teeth. They could give it teeth.

[–] sverit@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 months ago

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago

Thank God. Now we just gotta put skin on a Boston Dynamics robot and let it nuke us

[–] ThePantser@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Looks like a condom, don't stick your dick in it.

[–] intelisense@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago

Fucking hell...

[–] Colour_me_triggered@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

Please give it a 4 year lifespan.

[–] Zip2@feddit.uk 4 points 2 months ago

Can they make the mouth open? Asking for a friend.

[–] JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

β€œHey you! Scrambled eggs -face! Get over here!”

[–] ChillPenguin@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

"Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should" -Dr. Ian Malcolm