Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2015 19:27:50 -0500
From: mark <whitroth@5-cent.us>
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: [WSFA] The rise of the robot enemies....
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist@KeithLynch.net>

Excerpt:
When a South Korean woman invested in a robot vacuum cleaner, the idea was
to leave her trustworthy gadget to do its work while she took a break from
household chores.

Instead, the 52-year-old resident of Changwon city ended up being the
victim of what many believe is a peek into a dystopian future in which
supposedly benign robots turn against their human masters.

The woman, whose name is being withheld, was taking a nap on the floor at
home when the vacuum cleaner locked on to her hair and sucked it up,
apparently mistaking it for dust.

The agony of having her hair entangled in the bowels of the contraption
roused the woman from her slumber.

Unable to free herself, she called the fire department with a \342\200\234desperate
rescue plea\342\200\235 and was separated from the robot\342\200\231s clutches by paramedics,
according to the South Korean newspaper the Kyunghyang Shinmun.
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<http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/09/south-korean-womans-hair-eaten-by-robot-vacuum-cleaner-as-she-slept>

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