The Wowwee Spidersapien
Wowwee’s Spidersapien, essentially a spray painted Robosapien with new sounds, was showcased at CES this year.
Expect the Spidersapien to be available by August, but the price is currently unknown.
Turning your Robosapien into a Flameosapien
For obvious reasons, this Robosapien hack is recommended only to those 18 and older. The people at Evosapien.com has produced a step by step guide to turning a docile Robosapien into a dangerous Flameosapien. Read the guide for amusement, but if you’re an acutal Robosapien owner, keep in mind that this is a highly dangerous procedure, involving extremely flammable gas, and not to be attempted by the faint of heart.
Genibo- Korea’s Smart Dog
Korean company Dasatech has released their Smart Dog, named Genibo.
The Robotic dogs have been developed to be used as household pets, and these Smart Dogs can understand over a hundred human commands and phrases. The two dogs resemble bull terriers, and weigh 1.5 kg, are 30 cm tall, and 33.4 cm long. Among the 100 phrases they understand are- “sit”, “wag your tail”, and even “do a head stand”. These robotic dogs are also capable of navigating around obstacles in their paths, and have many sensors, 17 motors, a CPU and even bluetooth.
Most Expensive Google Ad Keywords List!
BoingBoing has released a list of Google’s most expensive ad keywords. Basically, these means that for everytime a blogger uses one of these words, he (or she’ll) recieve the following payout on average per word use:
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$47.25 consolidate loans
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$45.55 tax attorney
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$38.86 car accident lawyer
$38.68 ameriquest mortgage
Which goes to show you, that most Americans are concerned about suing their doctors/drug companies, dealing with mortgages/loans, filing taxes, or suing someone else.
Pleo: Dino Robot = Dinobot
Pleo, the friendly dino robot, debuted at DEMO 2006.
Even though Pleo may look cute and cudley, he’s really quite high tech. His polymer- based skin has a network of pressure sensors, there is an infared ray in the head to “see” and avoid objects, force-feedback sensors in his toes to alert him where he is, and Pleo also has a 16 bit CPU, 14 servo-motors, and 40 sensors. The robot’s producers (one of whom is Caleb Chung the co-inventor of the Furby) believe that the Pleo will have more natural movement than previous robots, and will be more involving due to his personality development over time.
Cnet has a video of this lil monster in action here.
