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Submission + - Your plastic pal who's fun to be with - or not (bbc.co.uk) 2

Submitted by Kittenman
Kittenman writes: The BBC magazine pages have an article on human trust of robots. The article cites a poll (done on facebook so certainly well-sourced) over the 'best face' design for a robot that would be trusted. But we still distrust them — because (tfa states) they look unwell (or like corpses) and do not behave as expected.

So would you trust a robot? How about one with the "trusting face"?
It's funny. Laugh.

Submission + - Original Batmobile sells for US$4.2m (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by Kittenman
Kittenman writes: Rick Champagne, a 56 year old company owner from Arizona has bought the original "Batmobile" (dating back to Burt Ward and the '60s) for US$4.2 million. He's quoted as saying it "was a dream come true".

Holy Investment, Batman!

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