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		<title>Robot Lovin&#8217;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[She&#8217;s big-busted, petite, very friendly and she runs on batteries. Let me introduce you to EMA, which stands for &#8220;Eternal Maiden Actualization&#8221;. The ultra-geeky robot has been created by games giant Sega, who foresee a huge boom in the artificial intelligence market in the next ten years.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>She&#8217;s big-busted, petite, very friendly and she runs on batteries. Let me introduce you to EMA, which stands for &#8220;Eternal Maiden Actualization&#8221;. The ultra-geeky robot has been created by games giant Sega, who foresee a huge boom in the artificial intelligence market in the next ten years.</p>
<p>Sega, best known for its home video game consoles and games such as Sonic the Hedgehog have introduced a 15-inch tall robotic &#8216;girlfriend&#8217; that kisses on command, with a target market of lonely adult men. Ideally created to keep tech-heads and other lonely souls company, this weird contraption which was released in Japan in September is expected to sell over 10,000 units.</p>
<div id="attachment_54" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.techblast.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/ema.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-54" title="ema" src="http://www.techblast.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/ema-300x233.jpg" alt="The EMA robot by Sega" width="300" height="233" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The EMA robot by Sega</p></div>
<p>&#8220;Strong, tough and battle-ready are some of the words often associated with robots, but we wanted to break that stereotype and provide a robot that&#8217;s sweet and interactive,&#8221; said Minako Sakanoue, a spokeswoman for the maker, Sega Toys to Reuters news agency.</p>
<p>&#8220;She&#8217;s very lovable and though she&#8217;s not a human, she can act like a real girlfriend.&#8221;</p>
<p>EMA can also hand out business cards, sing and dance which would be a real party piece! <img src='http://www.techblast.co.uk/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>The robot retails in Japan for around $175. Expect to see more weirdness like this in the next year or two! Maybe they can perfect the <a href="http://zedomax.com/blog/2007/01/10/romi-south-koreas-new-house-cleaning-robot/">house cleaning robot</a>?</p>
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