made. She was created and programmed by David Hanson of the Terasem Movement, and was modelled after a real woman, Bina Rothblatt (the wife of teRasem’s co-founder). the Real bina’s thoughts, feelings, memoRies, and emotions were downloaded into BINA48, and she can now hold conversations on a number of intellectual topics. BINA48 also has the ability to learn and grow her vocabulary and memory, and to express over 64 feelings