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Sony Aibo Hacks Increase Functionality

Posted by samzenpus on from the can-it-bring-me-a-beer dept.

Dinglenuts writes "Engadget posted a how-to article on increasing your Aibo's functionality using third party hacks. Given the increasing availability of networked home goods, I'm very interested to see what uses the Slashdot community can conceive for a household controlled through voice commands issued to a robot dog."

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  1. First of all by CPNABEND · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Can you make the thing fetch beer? Or is that lack of thumbs going to be a problem?

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    My wife doesn't listen to me either...
  2. Aibo DRM? by Doppler00 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    What? Hacks for a Sony product? This can't be allowed! Sony must at once produce a new firmware update for all Aibos to make sure this dog-like robot only performs Sony approved actions. I mean, what would the world be like if a robotic dog did anything other than dance and perform tricks in ant entertaining fasion?

    We can't have people going around actually writing their own software on hardware they purchased with their own money.