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posted by Fnord666 on Sunday July 26 2020, @02:22PM   Printer-friendly
from the flowbees-still-exist? dept.

Inventor Builds Functioning Haircutting Robot - Nerdist:

We all have a special relationship with our personal barber or hairstylist. There's a certain level of trust and intimacy required to let someone consistently operate sharp instruments near our head and face. However, a global pandemic made us realize they are truly among the most important people in our lives. We need them. We. Need. Them. And one man's ingenious invention has proven just how true that is. He built an impressive, complicated machine that gives haircuts. But the insane amount of work required to build one isn't the main reason it's inferior to an actual human. Nor is it the obvious safety issues and incomplete haircut it provides. It's not even the fact that it's basically an advanced Flowbee.

It's the impersonal small talk.


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  • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Monday July 27 2020, @02:01PM

    by FatPhil (863) <pc-soylentNO@SPAMasdf.fi> on Monday July 27 2020, @02:01PM (#1027088) Homepage
    There's even a clue in the name "barber". Traditionally a place for blood letting, when such was considered a medical procedure.
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