Annalee Newitz – who, by the way, I have tried to persuade to be my co-author here at Sex Drive Daily but she's too busy (there, girl, I made the offer public, change your mind yet?) – has written a sex-tech piece for Popular Science: The Fembot Mystique. She begins:
Fembots were a pop-culture staple long before Austin Powers battled them—witness the popularity of The Bionic Woman, The Stepford Wives and Blade Runner. But what is it about curvaceous cyborgs that stirs the imagination? To some, fembots represent the perfect male fantasy: They’re sexy and submissive and have more techie features than the Xbox 360. But they also have a dangerous side that can reduce walls to rubble and make an army retreat. Perhaps the fembot’s allure resides in her ability to walk the line between total obedience and unfathomable power.
It's an interesting look at sexy female robots, from Fritz Lang's 1927 Metropolis to last year's Osaka University sensation, Repilee Q1Expo.
We-make-money-not-art excerpted the piece and added links to video clips and other information.
(image courtesy of popfizz)
