German designer Stefan Ulrich says his Funktionide—a white blob that changes shape thanks to artificial muscle technology—can “relieve loneliness.” OK, Stefan, let’s say I can get pass the creepiness ...

German designer Stefan Ulrich has designed a conceptual shape-changing object to relieve loneliness, using artificial muscle technology. For his thesis project Ulrich conducted research into plastics ...

Lonely hearts, listen up: German designer Stefan Ulrich has created a robot that he believes could one day replace our societal need for real-life human relationships. Funktionide — a white, shapeless ...

Just in case a dystopian future does arrive, humans will at least have giant white, blob-like robot pillows to spoon with. In all fairness to German designer Stefan Ulrich, he probably wasn't aiming ...

German designer Stefan Ulrich says his Funktionide - a white blob that changes shape thanks to artificial muscle technology - can ‘relieve loneliness’ Invented by German designer Stefan ...

Adam’s disturbing adventure with the Fleshlight (NSFW) this week got me thinking about the flipside of sex with machines. What about our emotional needs? https ...