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WHAT HAPPENED to our modern lives that we are jumping through hoops to avoid normal human relationships with our inevitable and unstoppable headlong rush to a cybernetic solution? Clearly an evolving subject, but one with a lurid glow. View in LinkedIn

TELEPARIO COMPANIONS. "The replicas would mimic the shape and appearance of a person or object being imaged in real time, and as the originals moved, so would their replicas." Combine with advanced AI, the ability to learn, nuance, and respond with appropriate emotional cues, these could make dating a thing of the past. Telepario meets Claytronics. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-Reconfiguring_Modular_Robotics View in LinkedIn

CYBER LOVE. "If the idea of a ‘Dutch Wife’ turns you on, don’t worry. David Levy, American futurology expert and author of Love and Sex with Robots states that while ‘being loved’ by a robot sounds a bit weird, someday, for many people, being in love with a robot will be “just as normal” as being in love with a human." https://lnkd.in/eRFTM9c View in LinkedIn

BEYOND BONE HEALTH. "The classic function of vitamin D is to enhance intestinal absorption of calcium by regulating several calcium transport proteins in the small intestine." Now we realize that this complex molecule acts also on the nuclear genes rather like a hormone. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2861286/ View in LinkedIn

2D GIRLFRIENDS are popular with Japanese men. "23.0% of 500 male otaku chose "2D" to the following question: "Which is your favorite kind of girl, 2D, 2.5D, or 3D?" 9.6% chose 2.5D, and 65.8% chose 3D. "2.5D" means mainly voice actresses, also includes 3D CG characters or character figures." https://lnkd.in/eJ-QErm View in LinkedIn

ADEQUATE SKIN CAPACITY. "As the skin ages, there is a decline in the cutaneous levels of 7-dehydrocholesterol, resulting in a marked reduction of the skin’s capacity to produce vitamin D3. However, despite the up to fourfold reduction in vitamin D3 production in a 70-year-old compared to a 20-year-old, the skin has such a high capacity to make vitamin D3 that elders exposed to sunlight will produce an adequate amount of vitamin D3 to satisfy their vitamin D requirement." https://lnkd.in/dDKztC5 View in LinkedIn

ELECTROJINKS. "Japan already boasts the world’s most advanced sex dolls from firms such as Kanojotoys or Orient Industries based in Tokyo. But over the past few months we have heard a great deal about the rise in popularity of a new breed of Japanese sex doll." https://lnkd.in/eRFTM9c View in LinkedIn

SUNSCREEN MYTH. "The belief that sunscreen lotion blocks vitamin D production is based on a 1987 study done by Matsuoka et al., that was funded by the ultraviolet foundation, which is supported by the tanning bed industry. Contradictory information was provided by Diehl and Chiu which concluded that although sunscreens are effective, many may not actually be blocking UV-B because they are improperly or inadequately applied." https://lnkd.in/dDKztC5 View in LinkedIn

GEISHA-BOT. "Toshiba has developed a Japanese Geisha-bot that will sing, talk to you – and potentially do a bit more. They say the robot is capable of displaying realistic emotions and could in the future be trained to look after humans – paving the way for androids to replace workers such as nurses or carers for the elderly." https://lnkd.in/ecuAzKy View in LinkedIn

NOT MUCH SUNLIGHT NEEDED. "It takes relatively little sunlight exposure to acquire adequate stores of vitamin D and few people wear enough clothes to prevent that from happening. Ten to 15 min of sunlight or daylight exposure to a small area of skin (e.g., the forearm or face, etc.) twice a week, without sunscreen, supplies all the vitamin D necessary for health." Assuming your D system is functioning normally. https://lnkd.in/dDKztC5 View in LinkedIn