• @Gsus4
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    194 days ago

    …but…why? What is the point of living skin on machines? Even humans do everything they can to make their skin not look human :D

    • @[email protected]
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      144 days ago

      The 600 series had rubber skin. We spotted them easy, but these are new. They look human - sweat, bad breath, everything. Very hard to spot.

    • Altima NEO
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      174 days ago

      So they can build a cybernetic organism. Living tissue over a metal endoskeleton.

      • @Gsus4
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        44 days ago

        synthetic playmates…got it 👯

    • @[email protected]
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      114 days ago

      It would be cool if somebody missing an arm could get a cybernetic replacement that looks and feels real.

      That’s the only situation I can imagine where maintaining a living skin is worth the cost. I can’t even keep plants alive.

      • teft
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        64 days ago

        Looks and feels real? I’m sorry but if i’m getting a cyberpunk upgrade it will be gold, chrome, or matte neon plastic. There are no other options ya gonk.

        • @Gsus4
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          14 days ago

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    • @[email protected]
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      104 days ago

      From the article

      Cultured skin, as they put it, can heal itself, carry biological sensors like our own to provide sensitive touch, and could also have benefits in medical or human interaction contexts.

      • @Gsus4
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        The self-repairable part is odd to me.You need to keep feeding, oxygenating it and to prevent infections, otherwise it will rot :S Besides, on humans the healing relies on blood for platelets and crusts to form and a whole immune system…it needs too much babysitting to be called “self-healing”.

        • @[email protected]
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          54 days ago

          But it does heal. Efficiently be damned. That’s not what you care about with mad science. Results are all that matter in mad science, good results or bad results you just have an insatiable desire to see what happens if

    • @pentagrammar
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      44 days ago

      I guess there’s a market for… skin contact?