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Robot Cat 'NeCoRo'
Ssmoimo writes: "Omron's robot pet developing department chief Toshihiro Tashima introduces "NeCoRo" in Tokyo Tuesday. The robotic cat will go on sale in November for about $1,530." Chris DiBona said it was "freaky", and I think that's as good a description as any. You can see this thing sucking the breath out of a small child, can't you?
Imagine a beowolf-cluster of these !!
eeyyaahh!!!!
as someone stated above, they dont move and you cant train them.... so they emulate real cats perfectly
"I would say that 99 per cent of what my father has written about his own life is false." - L. Ron Hubbard Jr.
(/me pulls out his best announcer voice)
Now introducing a cat without that litterbox smell! Sure, it doesn't move, and YES it lacks all the compassion and warmth of a real cat! And it's all yours for the new introductory price of $1,530. That's only FIVE TIMES more expensive than the real cat!
--I hate big sigs.
This thing combined with an MP3 player... "the purring sound of your choice"
now THAT would be an improvement
Fighting for peace is like fucking for virginity
Necoro-philiacs?
Tom.
Oh arse
What good is a virtual cat if it doesn't even walk?
:-)
To be a real virtual cat it should trip me while opening the fridge, leave those mouse corpses on the doormat, put his nails in my ass just because i happened to want to sit in my comfy chair without looking and miauw when it's inside to go out and as soon as it's outside miauw because it wants to go in.
just sitting there doesn't do it....Although if it was sleeping the whole day...
I might pay for that
"the artificial intelligence and other technologies tested in NeCoRo would find applications in more practical items, such as user-friendly vending machines for train tickets."
Riiiiiight... vending machines covered in fur, that make 48 types of cat noise and purr when you rub them.
shut up man
Have they managed to improve his driving skills?
What if the Hokey-Pokey really is what it's all about?
Okay, who's going to be the first to make a Bonsai NeCoRo?
(And how do they taste chopped-up and stir-fried?)
Chelloveck
I give up on debugging. From now on, SIGSEGV is a feature.
.... then the makers are emulating to the smallest detail the original...
IANAL but write like a drunk one.
Raising it's butt when you scratch it
Getting up and walking out of the room for absolutely no apparent reason.
Scratching the bejeezus out of your hand when you scratch it's belly.
Playing "Turdball" across your living room.
Laying down on your newspaper when you're reading it.
And most imporantly:
Pushing it's butt in your face so you can smell it.
On the other hand, they definately have the "ignore you" down pat. Perhaps it shouldn't be named "NeCoRo" and instead be called "Necro." It's a bit more fitting.
Really?
The Dopester
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