Scientists have made a breakthrough in "soft robotics" - aka attaching skin-like tissue to mechanical parts. In this particular case, they've found a way to attach collagen gel to small V-shaped holes on the robotic surface that makes the whole endeavor feel more realistic and more resilient to breaking.
My knee jerk reaction is that I am not sure we need skin on robots. Can we just let robots be robots? I think the majority of people would be okay with that. If the intent here is to overcome the uncanny valley and make robots appear more humanlike.. couldn't we just give it some time and humans would naturally adjust?
In the grand scheme of developments lately, this doesn't seem to be so dire at first glance. It does make for a rather harrowing GIF.
The first minute is solid but when that intro kicks in, it really soars. Also, brevity really is the soul of wit.
When you liberate programming from the requirement to be professional and scalable, it becomes a different activity altogether, just as cooking at home is really nothing like cooking in a commercial kitchen. I can report to you: not only is this different activity rewarding in almost exactly the same way that cooking for someone you love is rewarding, there’s another feeling, too, specific to this realm.Perfectly succinct, insightful and exactly how I feel.