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 Subject: Bizarre News - Love, Now With Batteries
 From: ezine@gophercentral.com
 Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:07:16 +0000
 
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 Greetings fellow Bizarros:

 We like to stay on the cutting edge of sexual aids in
 Bizarre News. We brought you the vibrating panties, the
 electro-stimulated orgasm, the life-like sex doll and
 now...the robotic sex partner.

 We're not talking Cherry 2000 here (look up the old movie
 from 1987 starring Melanie Griffith), but we are talking
 about the next step in the evolution of sexual aids.

 David Levy, a PhD in gender studies and artificial intel-
 ligence and author of "Sex with Robots: The Evolution of
 Human-Robot Relations" predicts that we will be getting
 it on with electronic sexbots by mid-century.

 "Already today, the best quality synthetic voices cannot
 be distinguished from human voices," Levy said, adding
 that some artificial skins now rival the smoothest of baby
 bottoms.

 And precedents have already been set. A company in Japan
 called Axis has already produced the world's first, rudi-
 mentary, sexbot -- for men.

 Called Honeydolls, the lifesize figures are made from
 surgical-grade silicone and resin, and are equipped with
 voice-emitting sensors in each breast.

 Pinch the nipples, and the doll will react with a squeal
 and whisper pre-programmed sweet nothings in your ear.

 Customized MP3 audio files can be substituted for a more
 personal touch. Price tag: 7,000 dollars.

 Bizarrely,

 Lewis