{"id":9798,"date":"2020-10-09T08:52:07","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T14:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/?p=9798"},"modified":"2020-10-09T08:52:07","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T14:52:07","slug":"fembot-manips-october-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/?p=9798","title":{"rendered":"Fembot Manips \u2014 October 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ah, robots.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll always immediately think of beautiful artificial women made of plastic and metal with electronics and computer parts inside them when I think of that word.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Inspirational-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9800\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Inspirational-Poster-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" 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class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-9798-1\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Futureworld-Frogger.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Futureworld-Frogger.mp4\">http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Futureworld-Frogger.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>The images flashing by through static on that screen immediately reminded me of the video game Frogger, so I first assumed that the Atari 2600 version of Frogger through static and interference is what I was seeing.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1920px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-9798-2\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Frogger-Parker-Bros-Atari-2600.mp4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Frogger-Parker-Bros-Atari-2600.mp4\">http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Frogger-Parker-Bros-Atari-2600.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>But wait, Futureworld was filmed in 1976, and the Atari 2600 version of Frogger wasn&#8217;t released until 1982.<\/p>\n<p>Well, I wonder just what I&#8217;m seeing on that screen in that case.\u00a0 No matter, on with the female robots!<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see 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