Terrifying android to keep Japanese children in line

March 18, 2009, 10:00 AM — Saya, a Japanese robot capable of expressing fear, disgust, anger, and sadness, didn't make it as a receptionist, possibly because its face looks like some sort of reanimated corpse skeleton with just a few scraps of skin still hanging onto its skull. Nevertheless, the creepy robot has been deployed to teach fifth and six graders, calling roll, shouting orders like "be quiet," and generally scaring the crap out of kids and adults alike. Read more