Talking robotic Olympic mascots will soon control the world
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| With Leather found this 1/10/2008 on FanIQ.com [flag] |
There are times when you stumble across something so weird, that it can't possibly be true. And yet it is.
Take this for instance. In China's enduring quest to make the Beijing Olympics the bestest and weirdest Olympics ever, they're actually building talking mascot robots .
Developed by the Chinese Academy of Science, these robots can communicate with tourists in different ...
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THE END IS NEAR: OLYMPIC MASCOT ROBOTS
Published 1/10/2008 at With Leather
In its continuing effort to show the rest of the world how great China is -- and not at all dictatorial, nope, hahaha... ARREST THAT MAN!!! -- new Chinese technologies will be used all over the Olympic Games this summer. For example, Beijing will briefly halt the operation of all the factories that give the city just about the worst air quality in the world and power the Olympic Village with solar power. Because they totally care about the environment! I'm concerned about something more sinister, however. Remember the new Olympic mascots? They'll be there... in robot form. Last but not least are the ...