Feb 26, 2013 4:00 PM

Exclusive Video: Watch a Research Spaceship Become Self-Aware in the Short Film HENRi

In the short film HENRi a research spacecraft becomes self-aware and builds a robot body to feel more human. That's not bleak/creepy at all. Check out an exclusive clip here.

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