Will Honda's ASIMO better sex life? : HTTabloid.com: "While the Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility robot (ASIMO for short) may not look quite ready for foreplay yet, its creators are already gushing about its 'sexual' prowess. 'One of the reasons for marital break-ups today is physical inadequacy. Couples are so stressed out that there's no time for foreplay, so essential to get the juices flowing. A smart machine can bridge that gap in no time,' says Dr. CRJP Naidu of Centre for Artificial Intelligence & Robotics (CAIR), Bangalore, who is currently working on an advanced version of Honda's mechanical man. "
The Jodie Lane Project : New York, NY -- February 12, 2004.
The City Council Transportation Committee held a hearing today to investigate the causes of Jodie S. Lane’s tragic electrocution death on January 16th. The testimony revealed a startling lack of oversight on the part of the Public Services Commission, charged with overseeing Con Edison’s compliance with the National Electric Safety Code, last revised in 1913.
With only 5 inspectors at their disposal, the Public Services Commission relies entirely on Con Edison to report safety problems. Because Con Edison only reports incidents resulting in injury or death, the PSC was aware of only 15 shock incidents in the last 5 years. Con Edison has acknowledged that it actually received 539 reports of shock incidents in the same period, effectively admitting to misleading the PSC by an order of magnitude.
It is not only this discrepancy that is alarming, but also the fact that the Public Services Commission, charged with ensuring
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