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==== Voight-Kampff machine ====

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The Voight-Kampff machine is a fictional interrogation tool, originating from the novel (where it is spelled "Voigt-Kampff"). The Voight-Kampff is a [[polygraph]]-like machine used by blade runners to determine whether an individual is a replicant. It measures bodily functions such as respiration, blush response, heart rate and eye movement in response to questions dealing with [[empathy]].{{sfn|Sammon|p=106–107}} In real life an approximation of the test using questions was created and used in jest by a newspaper in 2003 on the Mayoral candidates for the city of [[San Francisco]], United States, apparently proving that at least half of them would be classified as replicants.<ref>''When A Newspaper Gave Blade Runner‘s Replicant Test To Mayor Candidates'' by Charlie Jane Anders Published February 23, 2015 on Gizmodo.com

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