The build-it-yourself (and eerily human-proportioned) construction can react to pre-programmed actions, text-to-speech conversion or live control, ranging from basics like the eyes and jaw to the eyelids, eyebrows, lips and neck of an Advanced Fritz.

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It and the other brands are also used to secure bra straps -- and even to hold eyelids apart to make Asian eyes appear Western.

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