The Rundown Robotics. A new kind of pregnancy thanks to the Chinese

CHINESE ROBOTICS
👶🏼 ’Pregnancy bot’ is too weird for the world
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The Rundown: China’s Kaiwa Technology is reportedly pulling a page from dystopian sci-fi, developing a prototype humanoid robot designed for artificial pregnancy — slated for debut in 2026.
The details:
The concept is a sealed, fully robotic “mother” with an artificial amniotic chamber designed to carry a human fetus from conception through birth. Priced below 100K yuan (about $13,900), the robot reportedly aims to be more affordable than surrogacy or repeated IVF cycles. Led by Dr. Zhang Qifeng in Guangzhou, the project arrives just as China’s ban on surrogacy generates fresh demand for alternative reproductive technologies.Yet details about the mechanics of fertilization, embryo implantation, and robot-human interaction have yet to be revealed, with some saying it’s just fake news.
Why it matters: The media devoured the story, but Snopes uncovered serious holes. Still, it looks like it’s at least being talked about here. In any case, the idea itself — automating not just work or care but the creation of life — sparks a tangle of ethical questions, making you wonder how ready we are to wake up in our own Matrix.

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Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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