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Jjian reacted to CM's post in the thread Moya, ‘the World’s First Biomimetic Robot’ Emulates Human Features Down to Body Temperature with
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Jjian reacted to Bohandas's post in the thread Moya, ‘the World’s First Biomimetic Robot’ Emulates Human Features Down to Body Temperature with Like.
I take exception to this, but from a pro-technology stance. The human form isn't actually good for anything. There's nothing something...
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Jjian replied to the thread Moya, ‘the World’s First Biomimetic Robot’ Emulates Human Features Down to Body Temperature.Patients are routinely asked what would help, their input is important. It doesn’t need a special device, generally - for instance, when...
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Jjian reacted to Aeson's post in the thread Moya, ‘the World’s First Biomimetic Robot’ Emulates Human Features Down to Body Temperature with Like.
A walking talking Thermos, now we're talking innovation. Keep hot things hot, and cold things cold.
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Jjian replied to the thread Moya, ‘the World’s First Biomimetic Robot’ Emulates Human Features Down to Body Temperature.Body temperature means core temperature, yes. No guns jumped. About the only reason I can see to have a heating element* in this robot...
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Jjian replied to the thread Moya, ‘the World’s First Biomimetic Robot’ Emulates Human Features Down to Body Temperature.No, it has to mean internal temperature (and in fact the article says a human core temperature of 32-6C, which is a bit low but I guess...
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Jjian replied to the thread Moya, ‘the World’s First Biomimetic Robot’ Emulates Human Features Down to Body Temperature.I really meant any internal heating to match and maintain 37C, which is really a lot of effort to go to for medical devices...
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Jjian reacted to Koloth's post in the thread Why aren't megacorps as big a part of Steampunk as they are of Cyberpunk? with Like.
In the US, many of the western railroads probably qualified as mega corps. One of the subsidies they got from the US Govt was...
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Jjian reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Why aren't megacorps as big a part of Steampunk as they are of Cyberpunk? with Like.
I was referring to the quotes from Jeter himself who coined the term.
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Jjian reacted to Umbran's post in the thread Why aren't megacorps as big a part of Steampunk as they are of Cyberpunk? with Like.
Well, I would disagree with that sentiment, in a couple of ways. "-punk" is about rejection of the status quo - whatever it happens to...
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Jjian replied to the thread Why aren't megacorps as big a part of Steampunk as they are of Cyberpunk?.Yes, that makes sense. The punk bit is just there as a reference to cyberpunk and alternate technological development, not to make me...
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Jjian reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Why aren't megacorps as big a part of Steampunk as they are of Cyberpunk? with Like.
This link seems pretty typical of sites explaining the origins of the term: What is Steampunk — Definition, Origins, and Examples What...
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Jjian reacted to Umbran's post in the thread Why aren't megacorps as big a part of Steampunk as they are of Cyberpunk? with Like.
Why not? Because steampunk is a reaction to cyberpunk, not merely a time-shifted mimic of cyberpunk. Cyberpunk is about the...
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Jjian replied to the thread Moya, ‘the World’s First Biomimetic Robot’ Emulates Human Features Down to Body Temperature.I think Moyà will get even weirder when she starts tasting human. Which she probably will in due course, again for the obvious reason.
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Jjian replied to the thread Moya, ‘the World’s First Biomimetic Robot’ Emulates Human Features Down to Body Temperature.Why TF does an android (even one designed for elderly care etc) need human body temperature? Is it trying to infiltrate the human...