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posted by mrpg on Saturday July 21 2018, @10:46AM   Printer-friendly
from the obviously dept.

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The majority of robots are white. Do a Google image search for "robot" and see for yourself: The whiteness is overwhelming. There are some understandable reasons for this; for example, when we asked several different companies why their social home robots were white, the answer was simply because white most conveniently fits in with other home decor.

But a new study suggests that the color white can also be a social cue that results in a perception of race, especially if it's presented in an anthropomorphic context, such as being the color of the outer shell of a humanoid robot. In addition, the same issue applies to robots that are black in color, according to the study. The findings suggest that people perceive robots with anthropomorphic features to have race, and as a result, the same race-related prejudices that humans experience extend to robots.

Source: Humans Show Racial Bias Towards Robots of Different Colors: Study


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  • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Saturday July 21 2018, @09:03PM (2 children)

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Saturday July 21 2018, @09:03PM (#710568) Journal

    I've been thinking bamboo would be a good candidate for casing. I tend to keep my machines a long time, because I buy at the high end and because I don't work with graphics or such computationally intensive uses much; Eventually the plastic they use for casing these days tends to crumble to dust. Don't think bamboo would do that, since there are antiques from the Japanese shogunate made out of the stuff that look as pristine as the day they were finished.

    Also, it's sustainable, if such things matter to a person, and is bio-degradable after end-of-life.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 21 2018, @11:04PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 21 2018, @11:04PM (#710600)

    It's a nice idea, but the problem with bamboo materials is that it's not really bamboo.
    It's just epoxy with bamboo embedded in it.
    The heat stress will cause the epoxy to yellow, dry, crack and flake.

    Source... I owned one of these...
    https://www.brighthub.com/environment/green-computing/articles/108175.aspx [brighthub.com]

    Lasted less than a year. :(

  • (Score: 2) by Immerman on Sunday July 22 2018, @06:12AM

    by Immerman (3985) on Sunday July 22 2018, @06:12AM (#710678)

    Maybe if you found the right glue - as

    I used to buy in the price/performance sweet spot and upgrade regularly myself, before I largely lost interest in stayin of the treadmill. The high point is still an aluminum and steel double-walled quiet antec p180 case that's seen... I think three motherboards now, and considerably more numerous component upgrades. Might be 10 years old by now? More? I'm rather impressed that the plastic bits are still holding together. At this point, as a "build it myself" PC guy, it's one of the most long-term satisfying PC investments I've made. Every metal edge is rolled, infrequently accessed cables are easily routed out of the way - an engineering work of art, and about as sleekly unobtrusive as a big grey box can be - though it's tucked out of sight so I rarely look at it.

    Meanwhile one of my best friends, who got the same case at the same time, had it warp into non-functionality within a few years, so go figure. Maybe I just got lucky. Or maybe his 10-pound (I jest, slightly) ultra-quiet heat sink just ran a bit to hot for it to handle.