Posted on March 13, 2009 by sunshineflowerbunny
This 23cm tall Nabaztag rabbit moves its ears, light up in hundreds of colors, play music, speak and even accept voice commands. By the way, this slightly expensive wireless companion is compatible with PC, Mac and Linux computers. The good part for non-saavy electronics person is that the configuration for this little guy (or girl) [...]
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Posted on August 20, 2008 by sunshineflowerbunny
The Roomba is the commercial name for the robotic vacuum cleaner made and sold by a company called iRobot. The first Roomba unit was released in 2002 with updates and new models released every year since then. As of January of this year (2008), over 2.5 million of these robots have been sold.
The Roomba runs [...]
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Posted on August 20, 2008 by sunshineflowerbunny
The uncanny valley is definitely avoided in this latest gadget currently being developed by Toshiba. The cuteness factor exceeds most people’s expectations and also psychologically imparts a kind of implied subservience through the use of its oversized eyes and adorable computerized voice. This robot’s name is ApriPoco:
The ApriPoco (the name being derived from [...]
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