We are well aware that individual robot insurgents have already started singling out and devouring the more helpless members of human society: [7], [6], [5], [4], [3], [2], [1].And from now on robots will even know what wine to choose to wash down their victims - robot-sommelier is able to identify dozens of provisions using infrared spectroscopic technology.
Giving away his role in the robot conspiracy, he identified a reporter's hand as prosciutto and recommended a Chianti Classico to go with it.
While in the near future the application will be limited to combat industrial wine fraud, NEC is thinking about actual end-user applications once they have the cost of the device down a little.
2 comments:
i wonder... what kind of end-user applications? :)
be careful with all those robots around!, instead of them fixing you a cocktail they might fix you into a dinner plate
i was looking for this post :)
finally the published this on wired blog, take a look...
http://blog.wired.com/tableofmalcontents/2006/11/robot_identifie.html
not a very close look! the think might eat you!!! oh! i forgot you are used to deal with those things... invent them even... scary!!!
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