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.

Comments

Planting AIBOs

[Arc04]

This will now open up the oppurtunity to secretly place an AIBO in the cupboard of an unsuspecting victim, and then, in the dead of night, get it to creep around taking pictures of the occupants. ;)

MUAHAHAHAHAHA!

Sounds like Dr Evil is now working for Sony - watch out Austin Powers!!!!

Re:Planting AIBOs

[Anonymous Coward]

sister in-law is in the shower/changing, etc.

Leave out the "in-law" bit and you've got it.

Sony Marketing

[alephnull42]

Oh Great. After several years, the Aibo now provides the functionality of an X10 digital camera on legs.

- Couldn't they have thought of this sooner? Hardly sounds worth a press release
- Barking Popup ads anyone?

Paranoid chicks.

[Dri]

"I won't do it in front of the dog" gets a whole new meaning.

Dog with an IP address

[swifticus]

If this means I can finally get a dog that has an IP address, I'll take it.

Re:Dog with an IP address

[Findel]

I would hate to see how you ping your dog.

Insecure?

[sould]

Hmmmmn

I wonder if I can get someone else's Aibo to wander round looking up skirts, watching peoples banking passwords, etc etc

I'm sure anyone able to forge email headers are looking foward to this.

Security camera?

[oniony]

The last thing you want to put a security camera in is the first thing to be stolen.

I'd put my security camera in my Microsoft Barney. I'd say he'd be around taking snapshots throughout the whole afair.

One day crackers are going to have more fun...

[shotgunefx]

Thank god the bubble burst before iDoors and other such stupid crap. I look forward to the day when everyone's pad is decked out in the iFridge, iFrame, etc.

That way, when they discover flaws, they can spoil all the food in my fridge, replace the pic of my girl on my mantle with some obscene imagery and then spy remotely on me as they sic my electronic dog on me :P

I can see it now....

[fishbert42]

... some rich guy's AIBO starts going completely nuts when its email address ends up on a few dozen spam mailing lists.
Maybe it'll even maul an old lady in the process.

Good security

[CptChipJew]

The AIBO now can provide excellent home security. Of course, a 120lb pitbull can provide good security too, and could be purchased for $100.

A post for this dog!

[jkrise]

A dog with an IP is not as exciting as a dog that says, I need to Pee.

Accessory to AIBO: A mail-controlled P-post.
Operating system: eXPee and below.

Give the dog a bone

[Findel]

Kinda give a new meaning to "Give the dog a bone" aswell.

Also, I cant wait to see what happend when it recieves some of the spam you are all talking about. I can just see the dog making his/her/its ways into the bedroom in the morning to find its owners in bed. Then it starts to read the email it just got:

"Hey..you need a bigger Jonson! Or why dont you try Viagra, that might help?"