The blog with a love/hate relationship with technology
Our Christmas message to the parents of the world has been clear and firm: Steer clear of the hoard of robot toys flooding the market this year. But there is one robot toy out there that has piqued even our jaded interest; exotic gifts boutique Hammacher Schlemmer is selling a genuine seven-foot tall replica of [...]
We warned about this earlier; please to all parents do not buy robot toys for your children this Christmas. Please!
Today the robo crazies at iRobot unleashed their latest creation on the world. Called ConnectR, it comes with wi-fi networking, a built in camera, speakers, and a microphone so that you can communicate with anyone in your house from the comfort of your panic room. Kind of like the robo Ivan only for a lot, [...]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg_Rr6xf-VI
Another French robots. This one doesn’t appear to be as stylish (maybe it’s from the countryside) but it does appear to be very temperamental.
The CSM calls a fear of robots a ‘Frankenstein complex,’ I just say it’s good common sense. Nevertheless, some good reading about the exploding consumer robot market in the US,
While Americans seem to have little problem with their unknowing interactions with robots, dealing with a product that is clearly an automaton exposes some of [...]
Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all, whether you be Irish or not. But then aren’t we all Irish during the Feast of St. Paddy? I’m pretty sure when you put on that plastic bowler or the green-colored tiara or the string of green shamrock-shaped beads, that makes you Irish. (Well, that and drinking green beer, [...]
