<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/39c56a90-e20d-4884-927b-4f91e507ffa2/45DC85E1-1866-45D3-A40F-EF0C2987BA1E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=2482" href="http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=2482" style="font-size: 11px;">www.technovelgy.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=2482"><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Robot Cats Perfect For Older Britons</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=2482"><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><B>Robot cats</B> and other man-made companions could help Britain's elderly, according to a report by the Royal Academy of Engineering. </FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=2482"><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">As well as robotic pets, autonomous systems could be morphed into robot babysitters, artificial therapists and social or even sexual companions, the report said. With Britain's elderly population set to grow around 50 percent by 2020, robotic companions could also help monitor the health of Britain's increasingly grey population. </FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=2482"><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">"It is not a complete replacement for your kid calling you once a week. What you want is continuous attention and that is very difficult," said Stewart. </FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=2482"><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Maybe older Brits could start with the <A href="http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=2389">Dream Cat Venus</A>, an autonomous robotic feline that will be available for about $110 in Japan. </FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=2482"><P> <FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">A robotic pet could help raise the alarm in the case of an accident, monitor fridge contents to make sure the elderly do not go hungry while voice prompts could remind them to switch off the heating. </FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=2482"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.technovelgy.com/img/A7DDE7B7-FD69-4866-9D4E-0E5B2590E99E" alt="" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/45DC85E1-1866-45D3-A40F-EF0C2987BA1E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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