Remember Tara, the singing android that terrified the internet

According to Boing Boing, John Bergeron built Tara the Android in two thousand four for about two thousand dollars. The five-foot-ten animatronic featured a metal skeleton, synthetic rubber skin, a wig, and women's clothing, and was marketed as the world's first pop star android—with Bergeron planning live performances. It's an artifact of early-two-thousands technological ambition and pop culture audacity.

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