Tinder swiping robot picks your dates while you wait

So you're a busy, probably cynical, cold and calculating executive, but you still want to find love? Allow us to introduce you to the TinderBot

The robotic swiper mechanism and attached camera is designed to analyze prospective matches on a popular dating app like Tinder, allowing the human to focus on more important things like making startup millions or playing Gears of War.

In fairness, the creator of the mechanism, Saurabh Datta, doesn't appear to be that cynical. In fact, it looks like the project, which is not designed to be a commercial product, was just an experiment to see what automating human choice might look like when it comes to online dating Read more...