If I only had a brain - Technology - smh.com.au

TELLING Hiroshi Ishiguro apart from his robotic replica can be tough. The professor's silicon-brainchild, cast from plastic and plaster moulds of his face and body and implanted with some of his sweeping black locks, is as realistic as a Madame Tussaud's waxworks model - down to the frown on his broad forehead. The android, Geminoid H1-1, mimics its master's posture, lip movements and facial gestures - even his fidgety fingers and feet. It blinks, seems to breathe and sounds, for all the world, like its human counterpart. Remote-controlled Geminoid stands in when the busy professor doesn't have time to lecture and presents a compelling scripted talk.