No longer do Thai teen boys who prefer dressing up as the opposite sex face the dilemma of choosing between the "male" and "female" restrooms in school.
The reason? There is now a "transvestite toilet".
A survey in The Kampang School in northeastern Thailand showed that more than 200 of the school's 2,600 students felt that they were transgender. Henceforth, the school came up with a unisex restroom with a human figure split in half part man in blue and part woman in red emblazoned across the toilet's door with the words "Transvestite Toilet".
The creativity of having a transvestite toilet portrays the country's tolerance of its very visible transgender community. The term describes not only transvestites, but also cross-dressers, transsexuals, and those born with the physical characteristics of both sexes.
The toilet received many positive comments from transgender students and there are plans for even more of such developements.
Personal Views:
"Transvestite Toilets" are an excellent way that the Thais can show their acceptance of a transgender society. Not only will these people finally feel like they are not outcasts, but they will also be highly pleased with the efforts that their country is putting in to make them feel at home. People all around the world will also be able to understand that despite the many types of people in this world - everyone is still human and deserves a chance to be treated normally and respected as an individual. Such an activity also encourages everyone to be more open-minded about today's society and how people and things are constantly evolving. Most of all, with such toilets, students in schools will also feel more comfortable as they do not have to worry about receiving weird looks or getting uncomfortable gestures from the other students.
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Rachel Chia - Japan makes robot girlfriend for lonely men
A country known for its creative and quirky inventions, Japan has recently introduced a 15-inch tall robotic girlfriend that kisses on command. It is to go on sale in September for around $175 and is targeted at lonely adult men.
The robotic girlfriend, named "EMA", uses her infrared sensors and battery power to pucker up for nearby humans, entering what designers call her 'Love Mode'.
A spokesperson for the maker, Sega Toys, says that EMA will break the steoreotype of robots being strong, tough and battle-ready as 'She's very lovable and though she's not a human, she can act like a real girlfriend."
EMA, which stands for Eternal Maiden Actualization, also hands out business cards, sings and dances. Sega hopes to sell 10,000 within its first year in the market.
Personal Views:
Firstly, such news certainly allows us to know how much technology has advanced and how creative designers in the world currently are.
I feel that although EMA will be a big hit when it is first released into the market, it will not be able to completely take over the place of actual females as girlfriends. Still, Sega is bound to make a bundle as not only men might buy this gadget, but females as well, as it acts as an interactive figure and provides simple entertainment such as singing and dancing.
The release of a robot girlfriend might also mean the start of bigger, more developed robot productions in the near future and these might possess more abilities and skills of humans. Perhap then, the complete replacement of humans as lovers might be seen as possible.
The robotic girlfriend, named "EMA", uses her infrared sensors and battery power to pucker up for nearby humans, entering what designers call her 'Love Mode'.
A spokesperson for the maker, Sega Toys, says that EMA will break the steoreotype of robots being strong, tough and battle-ready as 'She's very lovable and though she's not a human, she can act like a real girlfriend."
EMA, which stands for Eternal Maiden Actualization, also hands out business cards, sings and dances. Sega hopes to sell 10,000 within its first year in the market.
Personal Views:
Firstly, such news certainly allows us to know how much technology has advanced and how creative designers in the world currently are.
I feel that although EMA will be a big hit when it is first released into the market, it will not be able to completely take over the place of actual females as girlfriends. Still, Sega is bound to make a bundle as not only men might buy this gadget, but females as well, as it acts as an interactive figure and provides simple entertainment such as singing and dancing.
The release of a robot girlfriend might also mean the start of bigger, more developed robot productions in the near future and these might possess more abilities and skills of humans. Perhap then, the complete replacement of humans as lovers might be seen as possible.
Leong Pei Qi - I-Pod
I-Pod was originally a product from American but China get the hand of the i-Pod technology and futher expand it. Now in China, i-Pod is different from the American's but is more high tech with more abilities,the sale of i-Pod increase rapidly as it attracted mostly teenagers with its colour and special designs.e.g,cigarette,handphone and even spotcar. Its a hot hit and very popular in China. This lead to American
unable to carry on this project as people will choose to buy the fashionable and popular i-Pod with lots of abilities from China than buying it from American even though its the original.
Comment: China had been copying a lot from other countries and futher inventing them into something better. Its not that it was bad but i think they can work with the original company to make the product a much better items for all people to use and enjoy.Even though now i think that the i-Pod that china make are really very attractive, even i will choose to buy their's than buying the original.Therefore, i really think that the company of all countries can choose to work together, but then it will lead to no personal product from different countries which make that item more valuable.
Leongpeiqi-Increase of fuel price in China
China's fuel price had increase and had created the citizens unhappiness and anger.Recently, the price of fuel has been increased and is in the state of increasing. In China, the sudden rise in fuel coat had annoyed mostly the drivers and companies. They though that the rise in fuel price is after the Beijing Olympic. Some of the drivers(mostly owned large cars) are frustrated about the price as it was higher than normal, but it seem it did not affect much on a small majority of drivers, who owned a small car and need not travel long distances. Having the fuel to increase before the Beijing olympic prove that the country was ready and confident to deal with the problems produce from the citizens.
Comment: The rise of price for the fuel really make the whole world going instant as mostly all the technology and vehicles run by fuel. With many country to futher develope, the amount of fuel will increase continuously.Examples, country likeSingapore,China and American. To my own personal view, i think that the world had to much vehicles and harmful factories, even if they are our trasport system and other useful things that bring convience to our daily lifes.But,having too much vehicles means more polluted gas is release into the atmosphere that turns out into what we all know, Global Warming. It damage our world, the nature and soon it will be us. Despite cars, people can choose to use bicycles instead, but still these did not solve the problem as another problem will appear. The world is our home, but we somehow damage it without knowing. The amount of fuel used now and in the past was a lot different, which also this show what we humans have been doing to the nature.
unable to carry on this project as people will choose to buy the fashionable and popular i-Pod with lots of abilities from China than buying it from American even though its the original.
Comment: China had been copying a lot from other countries and futher inventing them into something better. Its not that it was bad but i think they can work with the original company to make the product a much better items for all people to use and enjoy.Even though now i think that the i-Pod that china make are really very attractive, even i will choose to buy their's than buying the original.Therefore, i really think that the company of all countries can choose to work together, but then it will lead to no personal product from different countries which make that item more valuable.
Leongpeiqi-Increase of fuel price in China
China's fuel price had increase and had created the citizens unhappiness and anger.Recently, the price of fuel has been increased and is in the state of increasing. In China, the sudden rise in fuel coat had annoyed mostly the drivers and companies. They though that the rise in fuel price is after the Beijing Olympic. Some of the drivers(mostly owned large cars) are frustrated about the price as it was higher than normal, but it seem it did not affect much on a small majority of drivers, who owned a small car and need not travel long distances. Having the fuel to increase before the Beijing olympic prove that the country was ready and confident to deal with the problems produce from the citizens.
Comment: The rise of price for the fuel really make the whole world going instant as mostly all the technology and vehicles run by fuel. With many country to futher develope, the amount of fuel will increase continuously.Examples, country likeSingapore,China and American. To my own personal view, i think that the world had to much vehicles and harmful factories, even if they are our trasport system and other useful things that bring convience to our daily lifes.But,having too much vehicles means more polluted gas is release into the atmosphere that turns out into what we all know, Global Warming. It damage our world, the nature and soon it will be us. Despite cars, people can choose to use bicycles instead, but still these did not solve the problem as another problem will appear. The world is our home, but we somehow damage it without knowing. The amount of fuel used now and in the past was a lot different, which also this show what we humans have been doing to the nature.
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