Miley Cyrus should be afraid… very afraid.
The next generation of Giant Robots are going to be battling Pop Divas rather than Godzilla. They’ll be belting out chart toppers. Check out this video from Japan’s CEATEC, the cutting-edge IT and electronics exhibition. The pretty little robot girl there has been fitted with Vocaloid software that enables her to sing like a pro.
One thing that’s really creeping me out is the way she’s moving her head around and making eye contact. Look into those deep, dark, data wells, that’s the future of glam. Silicon heads vs. silicon breasts, who will win the war?
And because we are in the spirit of robotics and taking a rather quirky look at it all, check out this awesome book that’s lying on my shelf. I think I’ll read it tonight.
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