That article is a cornucopia of bad:
"She doesn't vacuum or cook, but she does almost everything else," said her inventor, Douglas Hines, who unveiled Roxxxy last month at the Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada."
In a recent monologue, Jay Leno expressed amazement that a sex robot could carry on lifelike conversations and express realistic emotions.
"Luckily, guys," he joked, "there's a button that turns that off."
Curious conventioneers packed Hines' AEE booth last month in Las Vegas, asking questions and stroking Roxxxy's skin as she sat on a couch in a black negligee.
She cannot move on her own but can be contorted into almost any natural position.
Roxxxy also has sensors in her hands and genital areas -- yes, she is anatomically correct -- that will trigger vocal responses from her when touched. She even shudders to simulate orgasm.
She even snores." (The snoring feature can be turned off, he says.)
His customer base? Shy, awkward or older men who "have trouble meeting girls," he says.
And, finally, this poor deluded lady:
Is this a viable product? Yes," said Sherri Shaulis, an editor at Adult Video News, a trade magazine for the pornographic industry. "There's a market for it. Granted, it's a very small market."
Small in some important ways, madam, but not a small market overall.
NB: I forgot to mention the picture. I mean both subjects of it.
