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Robot Family in Every Home?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Sunday September 9, 2001 @01:18AM from the conspicuous-consumption dept.

cswilly writes: "Yahoo has a story that Sony wants to see a robot animal in every home. I was wondering if Sony has a total cost of ownership argument for these things? Let's see, $2500 for a robot dog + $100 in electricity oven ten years. A real dog costs, say $1/day to feed, lives ten years for $3650 on food, plus $1000 in vet bills. The robot wins hands down." But keeping it in Mom's Robot Oil isn't cheap either...

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That makes me think... by Tony+Shepps · 2001-09-09 02:42 · Score: 2, Flamebait

Imagine if the things were spyware. Put one in every home, give them wireless networking and GPS, and you've have the perfect setup to be watched 24x7. Now THERE'S the stuff of sci-fi stories.