When an aquarium in Japan planned their holiday displays for Christmas, they decided to harness the natural talents of an electric eel. The lights on a Christmas tree are powered by the eel’s natural electricity, which is picked up by two aluminum panels in the tank that act as electrodes.
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Japanese Robot Has Incredibly Realistic Facial Expressions
From Neatorama:
Actroid-F looks almost human. Not just in the way its face is sculpted, but the way that it moves. Guinness World Records lists it as the first true android. In the above video, the robot mimics the expressions of its operator. The people behind the project suggest that it could be placed in hospitals as an observer.
HRP-4C Dance
Japan’s AIST has impressed us before with its android robots, but this new video of gynoid HPR4C is enough to…well, seriously give us the shivers. She’s dancing, and if you squint, you’d almost mistake her for a real girl.
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