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12-11-2008, 08:52 PM
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20081211/160_aiko1_081211.jpg Le Trung, 33, of Brampton, Ont., built Aiko the android, seen here in an undated photo. (Le Trung)
Ontario man builds real-life female android
Updated Thu. Dec. 11 2008 6:29 PM ET
Geoff Nixon, CTV.ca News
For as long as he can remember, Le Trung has been obsessed with robots.
"When I was a kid, we watched a lot of anime robots," the 33-year-old told CTV.ca in a phone interview from his parents' home in Brampton, Ont.
"Gundam, when I was a kid...or Volton, Macross, whatever," Trung said, rhyming off the popular Japanese anime shows that fuelled his dream to build a robot of his own.
"Your head starts thinking: 'Robot, robot.' And I had to build one.".........
Randy robot questions
But for all the attention that Aiko has garnered, one topic area has elicited the most questions: Anything and everything to do with sex.
And Trung has answered every question that he has been asked.
"Does she have breasts? I will say yes. Does she have nipples? I will say yes. Does she have a vagina? I will say yes. Are there sensors there? I will say yes," he said.
"Do I sleep with her? No.".........
"If you talk dirty to her, she will talk dirty back," Trung said, admitting that an R-rated vocabulary was an unforeseen part of Aiko's development.
When he began building up Aiko's capabilities, Trung said he used a software program that scanned a series of random websites so she could download new words for her vocabulary.
But within a few short hours, the searching algorithm inadvertently brought her to some adult websites that allowed Aiko to pick up some "new words" that Trung had not intended for her to learn.
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20081211/160_aiko1_081211.jpg Le Trung, 33, of Brampton, Ont., built Aiko the android, seen here in an undated photo. (Le Trung)
Ontario man builds real-life female android
Updated Thu. Dec. 11 2008 6:29 PM ET
Geoff Nixon, CTV.ca News
For as long as he can remember, Le Trung has been obsessed with robots.
"When I was a kid, we watched a lot of anime robots," the 33-year-old told CTV.ca in a phone interview from his parents' home in Brampton, Ont.
"Gundam, when I was a kid...or Volton, Macross, whatever," Trung said, rhyming off the popular Japanese anime shows that fuelled his dream to build a robot of his own.
"Your head starts thinking: 'Robot, robot.' And I had to build one.".........
Randy robot questions
But for all the attention that Aiko has garnered, one topic area has elicited the most questions: Anything and everything to do with sex.
And Trung has answered every question that he has been asked.
"Does she have breasts? I will say yes. Does she have nipples? I will say yes. Does she have a vagina? I will say yes. Are there sensors there? I will say yes," he said.
"Do I sleep with her? No.".........
"If you talk dirty to her, she will talk dirty back," Trung said, admitting that an R-rated vocabulary was an unforeseen part of Aiko's development.
When he began building up Aiko's capabilities, Trung said he used a software program that scanned a series of random websites so she could download new words for her vocabulary.
But within a few short hours, the searching algorithm inadvertently brought her to some adult websites that allowed Aiko to pick up some "new words" that Trung had not intended for her to learn.
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