CORRECTION: Earlier I had a post here in which I said that Japanese scientists had invented a new sexrobot that would do anything you want. I discussed how this is a frequent theme in Japanese culture, which can get quite disgusting at times. And, I said that the control helmet lets someone remote control the robot and make it turn left or right - and do many other things - even if the robot has other ideas. That post was in error.

In fact, a new translation reveals that the lady above is actually Associated Press business writer Yuri Kageyama. She's testing out this new helmet, which has no naughty uses whatsoever. In fact, they expect it to be used for games, the second-most popular Japanese obsession behind perversion.

This process is actually called "galvanic vestibular stimulation", and not mangasexcontrol like I said earlier.

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp., Japans top telephone company, says it is developing the technology to perhaps make video games more realistic. But more sinister applications also come to mind.

I can envision it being added to militaries' arsenals of so-called "non-lethal" weapons.

A special headset was placed on my cranium by my hosts during a recent demonstration at an NTT research center. It sent a very low voltage electric current from the back of my ears through my head — either from left to right or right to left, depending on which way the joystick on a remote-control was moved.

I found the experience unnerving and exhausting: I sought to step straight ahead but kept careening from side to side. Those alternating currents literally threw me off.

I apologize for the error.