A Canadian man, apparently unable to find the perfect woman, has done the next best thing — he's built himself one. Le Trung, a 33-year-old software engineer who lives with his parents in Brampton, Ontario, a suburb of Toronto, says he's spent about $20,000 so far on Aiko, a 5-foot-tall female android with clear skin, a slim if shapely figure and a wonderful disposition. "She can recognize faces, she can identify medication, she can even butter your toast," Le Trung tells the Toronto Globe and Mail.Rico says if the thing really works, especially 'down there', the guy's gonna make millions... (If he does, maybe he can afford to move out of his parents' house and get a real girlfriend.)
Not only that, but Aiko speaks — in both English and, for some reason, Japanese. (Le Trung is a Vietnamese name.) She can also read. "Aiko is what happens when science meets beauty," Le Trung tells the Sun of London. "Aiko doesn't need holidays, food, or rest, and will work almost 24 hours a day. She is the perfect woman."
She still can't walk, however. That will take a lot more work and, Le Trung tells the Globe and Mail, a new round of funding. He hopes to create and sell more pretty female robots in the future.
But, ahem, is there more than just companionship involved?
"Aiko is still a virgin and, no, I do not sleep with her," he writes on the Project Aiko website, though he admits that she "has sensors in her body including her private parts, and yes even down there."
13 December 2008
Pathetically lonely
FoxNews.com has the story of a really sad, if interesting, case in Canada:
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When this becomes reality, a "real" girlfriend will be a thing of the past.
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