Russian researchers build partial android for bizarre mind-transfer project (video)

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A Team of Russian researchers are building a conceptual mind-transfer android, and we're definitely not talking about [Ice Cream Sandwich][3]. However bizarre, their goal is to help mankind achieve immortality using a combination of [humanoid robots][4] and interstellar space travel to get away from a dangerous and overcrowded planet -- but most of the needed technology seems so far off that we could probably power cycle the [world's slowest Linux computer][5] a million times before we see any of it. One prototype includes the torso of an android that will one day house a a computer rig that would be theoretically capable of acting as a personal proxy -- essentially, a place to upload "human souls." This absolutely insane uber-ambitious project is the stuff of science fiction, but the big shots over in the birthplace of [Tetris][6] say it'll all be possible by 2045. Need more convincing? Check out the two videos after the break.

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