FUTURE GENERATIONS WILL CURSE ERIC TALMADGE'S NAME

We have armed robots. We have robo-monkeys. We are developing robot blood. Wasn't that enough?

Not for the guys at the Mie University NEC Lab in Japan. Their idea seemed harmless enough: build a little robot that can taste wine. The tiny chap was unveiled in September of this year and performed admirably. He can even determine which apples are sweet and which are sour without slicing into them. He can taste wines, and all kinds of different foods.

And then Eric Talmadge, an AP reporter, let the little robot taste him.

"Prosciutto," the little guy chirped in his "childlike voice". Then he instantly scanned a cameraman.

"Bacon," he squealed.

Dear God, Eric. I know you have to get your story but did you have to let the robot taste our flesh?

Armed robo-monkeys will hunt our children down through the rubble of our future cities, hungry for their crispy skin and it will be all your fault.