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by: Daniel Riehs

      CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.—JP407, the android creation of Dr. Frederick Peterson of the University of Virginia gave a performance of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue at Cabell Hall Auditorium Tuesday Evening.

      Although all in attendance agreed that the piano performance was technically perfect, most felt that the concert lacked any sort of emotion or feeling.

      Jimmy Anderson, class of 2006, told reporters that the performance, "while technically perfect, lacked any sort of emotion."

      The android's creator, Dr. Peterson, agreed that the performance, while technically perfect, lacked any sort of emotion or feeling.

      Said Peterson after the show, "My work now is clear. I must create a robot capable of performing music that is not only technically perfect, but also full of feeling and emotion."

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