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Robot is conversant on many topics

February 1, 2012

What’s it like to interview a robot? I recently got the chance to talk with Bina48, often touted as the world’s most advanced android, or human-like robot. Bina48 currently resides in Lincoln under the care of the Terasem Movement Foundation — a nonprofit dedicated to testing whether a person’s consciousness can be replicated in another biological or technological form. Commissioned by futurist and serial entrepreneur Martine Rothblatt, Bina48 is an android physically designed and programmed based on the ap … (read more)

Robot blurs biological boundaries

February 1, 2012

LINCOLN — In the hills of Lincoln exists a robot with a face that moves, eyes that see, ears that hear and a digital mind that enables conversation. Her name is Bina48. The unassuming android with a brown wig and pearls has been gaining notoriety since he … (read more)

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