AIBO Via E-mail
digicosm2 writes "In honor of AIBO's fourth anniversary, Sony announced some new AIBO-related things today, including a new 'Cyber-Blue' color.
But more interesting is the 'AIBO EYES' software, which allows you to control AIBO from anywhere in the world, via email. You can even receive snapshots of your home from him to your mobile phone! Might make a great (and unobtrusive) security camera or webcam..." I just want them to produce the Cerberus ? version.
If former decade was about internet boom and network connectivity, the next will definetely be about robotics. The problem about robotics today is that they are tough to build - I mean the development of both hardware and software was until now the domain of academic work. Than you Sony for doing what IBM was doing in the 80's with the personal computer. Someone must set a standard and make parts interchangable. I'm just sorry that these AIBO things are so expensive. Just imagine the possibilies of entering mainstream at an affordable prize. The whole robotics market and development will boom and soon you will able to program your own humanoid machine to do some serious work for you around the house. History repeats itself. Our society will again be built on slaves (for some time). After that ...