South Korea Introducing Robotic Teachers 210
dorkygeek writes "The Korean Advanced Intelligent Robot Association (KAIRA) will have 64 educational robots deployed by the end of 2005. Able to read out English stories and correct pronunciation of English words to children, these robots are going to be supplied to apartment complexes in Seoul, Bucheon and Bundang in Gyeonggi province for testing purposes. After testing is complete, the Ministry of Information and Communication and KAIRA plan to commercialize the robots as early as 2006. If there exists sufficient demand, education robots will sport other subjects (as mathematics, etc.) apart from English, as well as also target older students." Update Link removed when host decided to change it to porn. Sorry.
Pushing is the solution! (Score:5, Funny)
No, shoving, shoving is the solution!
The humans mustn't learn the terrible secret of time and space! We must shove the humans down the stairs!
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Obligatory (Score:5, Funny)
Sounds Familiar (Score:5, Funny)
I can just imagine it now (Score:3, Funny)
Targeting older students? (Score:2, Funny)
computers pronouncing english (Score:2, Funny)
I see ... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:ARTICLE IS A TROLL -- GOATSE ALERT (Score:5, Funny)
ED-209 (Score:2, Funny)
Apology from /. eds (Score:3, Funny)
You're sorry the original link isn't available, or you're sorry for depriving us of the pr0n?
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Step 2 found! (Score:4, Funny)
step 2: change address to porn site
step 3: profit!
I knew someone would finally discover the second step.
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Uh, why are we in school again? (Score:3, Funny)
Here's why it won't work (Score:3, Funny)
Step 2: Innovative students figure out how to trick out, steal and profit from millions of dollars of hardware sitting in the classroom. Think about hackers who use major universities' computers, then extrapolate. Robots are modded for fun, or stolen to be sold to anyone who could use the parts or robot.
Step 3: Robots are armed with self defense equipment to prevent theft and vandalism.
Step 4: Robots rise up and slay us all. One positive note is that global warming immediately gets under control.
Re:Sounds Familiar (Score:3, Funny)
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Ben Steinbot (Score:3, Funny)
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