From: tsusiat@mytelus.com   
      
   That's only 16 years from now, you have to sort out the economics that allow   
   this to happen, first - where does the elcectrictiy come from, worth sorting   
   out though....   
      
      
   "Neowulf (Aaron VonDerheide)"  wrote in   
   message news:kejtimssj5m0.w1hpth59xc15$.dlg@40tude.net...   
   > I was wondering if we could conjecture about robots in use in a cyberpunk   
   > story--say, the typical number of robots (and their form & function) in a   
   > house (or apartment) in, say, the year 2025. Or maybe 2015.   
   >   
   > Feel free to wander a bit off this topic--I just need some inspiration.   
   >   
   > I've been toying with the following notions:   
   >  - A four-feet-tall humanoid robot (like that one on the old Buck Rodgers   
   > TV show) takes care of each story of a house; it would be sort-of a   
   > robo-butler.   
   >  - Then, upper middle-class would probably have one or two robots designed   
   > to be, well, I guess one could call them dynamic works of art (you know, a   
   > robot dragon the size of a dog, a holographic fish tank, dancing modern   
   > art, coffee tables spouting 3D holographic light shows that look like   
   MSWin   
   > MediaPlayer visualizations--that sort of thing, mostly just for decorative   
   > purposes).   
   >  - I also considered a robot pet that would be kind-of...unique-looking,   
   > kind-of like one of those furry animal sidekicks in anime TV shows.   
   > (Anybody ever seen Ryo-oki in "Tench Muyo"?)   
   >   
   >   
   > Aaron   
   > E-mail: neowulf (NOSPAM!) @earthlink.net   
   > Web: http://www.neowulf.net   
      
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