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Influential Guitar Picker Doc Watson Recovering After Fall, Surgery
latimes.com 10 hours, 28 minutes agoDoc Watson, the 89-year-old guitarist whose expert flatpicking style brought him a level of acclaim during the folk revival of the 1960s and who is still revered 50 years on, is recovering after he fell down at his Deep Gap, N.C., home. According to Mitch Greenhill, president of Folklore Productions International, which represents him, after being taken to to a hospital, other health issues were discovered. "They determined after keeping him overnight that there were more serious things going on, and they t
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Japanese Robotic Butt “Shiri” Responds To Slaps, Caresses, And Pokes
buzzpatrol.com 1 week, 2 days agoLeave it to the Japanese to create a robotic butt. “Shiri” , Japanese for buttocks , is the name of a robotic artificial humanoid buttocks that responds to physical stimulation (such as slapping, caressing, and poking) to simulate emotional expression via the use of artificial muscles. That is, the robo-butt tenses, twitches, and protrudes in ways that are supposed to express the emotions that it “feels” in response to different forms of touch. Watch the above video and be prepared to be flabbergasted. We’r
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