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ChaosEnginesays...Clever bit of engineering.
I'm not sure that it's really practical for junk mail though. It took nearly seconds to write one line, so at a generous 5 minutes a letter, it could do a whopping 20 letters an hour. Hardly seems worth it....
oritteroposays...In the linked article Clive Thompson points out that the competition for this slow and expensive robot is school teachers!
Clever bit of engineering.
I'm not sure that it's really practical for junk mail though. It took nearly seconds to write one line, so at a generous 5 minutes a letter, it could do a whopping 20 letters an hour. Hardly seems worth it....
articianjokingly says...Oh goody. Promptly harnessed (if not developed) for marketing!
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