Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Ok, I am officially "Creeped" Out

It's simple to behold — a single mattress, tucked into a dark, curtained back room of the showcase space. On it: a lithe brunette. She's perfectly quiet, but once you sit or lie down, she responds to your every move. Lie on your back, she snuggles up right next to you in a log position. Curl up in the fetal position, she spoons. The only hitch: She's 2-D. "Yeah, you can't feel the girl. That's the thing," Burrows explained as he demonstrated his invention, an "infrared sensitive" light projection (meaning it reacts, and the projected woman moves, based on an infrared sensor) called INBED. "Still, it's so nice if you're tired and worn out to have someone to curl up with."

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Ok, I can handle many strange ideas, deviant behavior, and more but this leaves even me feeling a wee bit uncomfortable... I just love how the reporter is pushing the creepiness factor in the story as well.  Thanks a lot.

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