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    switchblade saints: great a robot that will sing "Kiri kiri kiri kiri kiri kiri!" while poking needles into my face and sawing off my feet with a piano wire. Great. more »
    frigg: What makes this shockingly realistic is the fact that people in the background don't shut up and listen. Having people in an audience yammer away whil... more »
    Kaiser-Machead: No one wants robotic pop stars. No one is going to care if it flashes a little peek at its DC-in, or is caught giving handjobs to robosexual perverts ... more »
    Curves: Yes, but, can she have a mental breakdown, marry a loser, shave her head, flash us her stuff, kidnap her own kids and be placed in custody of her dadd... more »
    GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: Yeah, but does she flash you when she gets out of a car? Humanity 1 Robots 0 more »
    SmDFrylock: Make it look like Hatsune Miku and you'll make millions selling out concerts... more »
    OMG! Ponies!: Let me see if I've got this straight: Japanese Amazons have banded together to form a synth band which covers songs by Scottish one-hit wonders, The P... more »
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    Girlbot Sings, Looks Better than Britney Spears

    Yes, that's right: The HRP-4C girlbot with Yamaha's Vocaloid voice synth software is way better than Britney Spears. But then again, that's not saying a lot, except that I will never do the Zoltan with Britney. [Network World]
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    Vocaloid 3: Japanese Synthesized Singing Sensation Now Knows English

    Vocaloid, the super-popular singing synthesizer from Japan has now gotten an update—and it (she) is bilingual! Meet Megurine Luka, who's "moody and husky" voice is now yours to command in both Japanese and English. More »
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    VOCALOID 2: The Japanese Anime Song Generator

    Think Garageband for otakus. This Japanese software suite lets you plug in lyrics and melody and generates an "authentic-sounding" song via its music and vocal synthesizers. As you can see above, the software features a 16-year- old "Virtual Singer," which croons out whatever disgustingly sweet (or just disgusting) lyrics you enter in (Japanese only, we're assuming). It's so popular in Nippon that it's actually the #1 selling software on their Amazon. And for good reason—the songs they generate actually sound like it could have come from a generic teenaged anime. Hit the jump for two videos. More »