Proving once again that they live 10 years ahead of the rest of the world in some kind of rip in time-space, Japan makes another stride to robots being those of the heroic and friendly Astroboy variety — or another step towards a dyspeptic, Terminator-inspired future.

For the time being, though, a rent-a-cop sentrybot was demonstrated by Tmsuk Co. and Alacom Co. Rather than a payload of miniguns and phased-plasma rifle in the 40 watt range, though, it fires a net.

You know, like Spiderman… and not like ED-209.

Then again, maybe the subway gropers and underskirt scofflaws shouldn’t beware that much.

Japanese firms unveil ‘robocop’

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January marks the annual pilgrimage of thousands to Las Vegas to view the latest and greatest in consumer electronics at the annual CES show. It’s one of the largest, if not the largest, trade shows in Vegas and if you work in anything close to an industry that uses microprocessors and/or electricity, you have to be there.

Or at least, that’s what the thousands who come to Vegas tell their wives, because after all, what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. Or at least, you hope that herpes you got in Vegas from that hooker who says she was woman stays in Vegas (it won’t and she wasn’t).

In this case, “going to CES” is an excuse to see the latest and greatest porn and porn stars at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo, conveniently held at about the same time. But unlike shows of the past, this year’s AVN show marked a significant and very obvious omission to any Asianphile.

No Asian porn stars.

There were the usual blonde-haired, blue-eyed, silicone-boobed suspects but nothing from the land of fugu sashimi and hentai.

Usually, a few Japanese companies show up at the show with demure kimono-clad women in tow. Third World Media for example, flew out Junko, from The Kimono Kronicles, and Mirai Haneda, star of Hello Titty 3 last year.

This year, however, there were none to be found. The exception being a Japanese salesgirl pimping a sex toy that looked like a food processor you could stick your johnson in.

You know, like Saw meets Porky’s. Aaahhh… Japan.

True Asian believers, what was your experience at the AVN Show?