From Austin Powers to Subservience, sex robots have been staple features of blockbusters for decades. But the unusual devices are slowly but surely becoming more mainstream, with human-robot sex even predicted to become more common than human-human by 2050. Now, a Chinese company has unveiled its latest model - and it's one of the strangest we've seen yet. Ridmii, a company based in Dongguan City, has created a range of sex robots that can be controlled remotely. The doll syncs up to an app via Bluetooth, where the person in control can manage everything from squeezing to thrusting, and even moaning.

I'd love the thank my friends who gave me permission to use their handsome faces in the name of artificial intelligence science! We can definitely tell that this fine gentleman has brown eyes. On the other hand, the model is pretty certain that this individual has blue eyes with a probability greater than 90%. We have a correct prediction but a not very confident probability of 69% (and that's no coincidence). Finally, we try it on me… not so handsome and no so great prediction confidence.

Technologies for amplifying, sequencing and matching DNA have created new opportunities in genomic science. In this series When DNA Talks we look at the ethical and social implications. Everywhere we go we leave behind bits of DNA. We can already use this DNA to predict some traits, such as eye, skin and hair colour. Soon it may be possible to accurately reconstruct your whole face from these traces.

What do you look for in a partner? If you go weak at the knees for a blue-eyed brunette, you could be headed for danger as experts have revealed these are some of the most common traits found in romance scammers. With almost 8 million people using online dating in the UK, fraudsters know exactly how to get people clicking on their profiles and they'll make sure they use the right photographs to lure their victims in. Now, a study has revealed just what a typical scammer looks like - from their eye colour to their posture and even their political stance. Experts at Scamalytics, who provide anti-scammer software to dating sites, sift through millions of fake profiles every year.