Meet Anna Mai . . . yes, she is what you think she is . . . a real doll, a sex doll manufactured to be very realistic and very anatomically correct. Anna Mae is a little different though as here they’re going for an anime/manga look that would probably go over very very well here in Asia. The large eyes and huge breasts are bonuses. For more on this sort of thing, see here for the battles in the market place and here for galleries of real dolls and superbabes submitted by their owners. The whole thing is rather surreal but one can see where the technology is going. Anyone fair to guess when Sony’s going to start releasing their robotic babe companionseries? Robotics scientists are working on soft-pliable humanoid robots with the abilty to learn . . . I wonder what sort of skills they’ll be learning? Is the real doll the future of robotics or the jogging puppy? Or will it be something completely unexpected? Either way, stick Aibo’s brain inside Anna Mae and program in a few simple tasks involving lubrication, vibration, and contracting motions in certain orifaces and you’ve got yourself the socially dysfunctional man’s dream . . . not a happy thought but probably money in the bank. Move over Aibo, step aside Asimo . . . . there’s a new possibility in town. Creepy? Reality? Or, both. Freudians can have a field day with this one . . . uncanny, anyone? It isn’t just Hoffman, there’s a lot of Poe out there that fits too . . . Stepford Wives right around the corner and they have extra big blue eyes, large mellon-heavy breasts, shocking pink hair, and anatomically correct wiggly bits that vibrate.