Subscribe by EmailFunktionide: The Robot Replacement for Human Contact
October 7, 2009 by Geeks are Sexy | 12 commentsHey everyone, meet my new friend, Funktionide. Based on EAP-technology, Funktionide is what its creator defines as an “emotional robot that substitutes human contact.” I don’t know about you guys, but waking up beside this scary-looking blob would probably freak me out more than anything. Nope, no thanks. And however warm and cozy this thing might be, it will never substitute human contact as far as I’m concerned.
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OMG. What if it sucks my body inside itself, while I`m asleep? o.O
The video is an emotionally moving artwork.
Now that my highbrow comment is out of the way, let’s get practical. Why put that kind of technology into a blog when it should be in a Real Doll.
Into a blog? :) A blob you mean, right? :)
That is the creepiest thing I’ve seen!
Well, this gives me some good ideas for Sci-fi story plots. Very strange. What’s wrong with getting a dog for companionship? :)Relying on some kind of robo-blob for emotional support sounds pretty heartbreaking to me.’t
Thanks for the nightmares :)
I was looking forward to a video if it just working – it almost didn’t seem completely real.
It creeps. . .. it crawls…
run, don’t walk ,
from…
“The Funktionide”
fire extinguishers at the ready guys/gals…
That guy needs a shrink, not a blob.
And whoever built this thing needs to get out more.
Where do you buy the jelly beans to make it transform into useful things like a trampoline or a ladder?
It reminds me of the blob monsters in the “Silent Hills – Origin” PSP game.
Well, that was disturbing.