Okay, seriously…

Police, Army Robots to Debut Within 5 Years

I love this part:

“The three sorts of wheeled robots will be used for various applications: cleaning rooms, health-care programs, Internet connection, home monitoring or reading books to kids.”

You know, I’m a gadget lover. Seriously. I love over-complicated pieces of tech with too many buttons and too many features. I have an iPod, an Xbox 360, features I still haven’t figured out on my car…

But it will be a cold day in hell before I let a machine watch my kid. Don’t people understand that reading to your child is about the time you spend with your child, not about the reading? If you are going to have a robot read to them, just give them a CD player, or park them in front of the television (I advocate neither approach, unless you want irresponsible sociopaths with ADD on your hands).

via Engadget