Thursday, January 24, 2008

Pet Dinosaur Robot: Headed for Extinction?

From: Circuits Newsletter
"Pleo, the (Yawn) Dino-Robot. Next!"
By DAVID POGUE
"One thing’s for sure: this is the first time I’ve ever reviewed a dinosaur.
And yet, as I sat down to test the new Pleo dino-robot with my three kids, I felt an overwhelming sense of déjà vu. Because even though this is the first dinosaur robot I’ve reviewed, it’s not the first toy pet robot. That distinction belongs to the Sony Aibo dog, a $1,500 marvel from 2001 that has gone on to the great pet-robot cemetery in the sky..."

Read the full article at its source:
http://www.nytimes.com/indexes/2008/01/24/technology/circuitsemail/index.html?8cir&emc=cir#continue

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