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Nabaztag the WiFi Bunny

Posted by Zonk on from the cute-and-informational dept.

carre4 writes "A French company named Violet, the smart object company, has come out with Nabaztag, a 23 cm tall WiFi-enabled bunny that tells you about the weather, traffic jams, new emails through flashing lights and moving its ears. They have a Flash demo with Nabaztag's different messages. The company also makes 'La lampe Dal', a lamp that changes colors based on the weather and 'Le Pad Osmooze', a USB device that releases an aroma when you receive an email from a loved one."

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  1. aroma by rd4tech · · Score: 4, Funny

    "a USB device that releases an aroma when you receive an email from a loved one."

    ... and when you receive an email from a spammer...

    1. Re:aroma by putko · · Score: 2, Funny

      When you get an email from a spammer, it shoots out a noxious brown liquid that smells like fish emulsion. But it does it bukkake-style, so it shoots all over your face in in your mouth. Gelatinous bits dribble off your chin. And then you know you've got some spam!

      On a serious note, does anyone think this device could lead to trouble? I once had a cell that only work people used. I used the default ringtone. Everytime it rang, I jumped. When I think of it now I have a stress reaction. It got to be really bad, because others had the default ringtone, and I got stressed when I heard the phone of other folks.

      Finally I figured out to make it vibrate -- and then I only jumped when it did its thing.

      So if you were having girlfriend trouble, and the thing releases the smell, you might have some intense reaction. And if you broke up with your girlfriend, you'd have to throw the damn thing away -- you'd start to hate it. Get a new girlfriend, and you'd need to change the scent.

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  2. First Thought by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It would go nice with my hammer.

  3. I'm waiting for WiFi . . . by kfg · · Score: 5, Funny

    merekat technology. That'll kick a WiFi bunny's cottony little arse.

    Or how about a cute, plush Tux that burps real rancid herring smell everytime a kernel patch is released? A Hello Kitty the spits up a real simulated hairball when there's a sale at Penney's?

    Boy, this technology stuff sure is fun. The future's so bright I have to go barf.

    KFG

  4. Instructions for Guaranteed Bunny Death by wiremuse · · Score: 3, Funny

    King Arthur: Consult the Book of Armaments.

    Brother Maynard: Armaments, chapter two, verses nine through twenty-one.
    Cleric: [reading] And Saint Attila raised the hand grenade up on high, saying, "O Lord, bless this thy hand grenade, that with it thou mayst blow thine enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy." And the Lord did grin. And the people did feast upon the lambs and sloths, and carp and anchovies, and orangutans and breakfast cereals, and fruit-bats and large chu...

    Brother Maynard: Skip a bit, Brother...

    Cleric: And the Lord spake, saying, "First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it."

  5. I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion by jb.hl.com · · Score: 3, Funny

    Does it also tell you when the world is going to end?

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  6. What's that smell...? by MythMoth · · Score: 4, Funny

    'Le Pad Osmooze', a USB device that releases an aroma when you receive an email from a loved one."

    Uh oh, I think your ex just sent you an email. This smells bad. Really bad.

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    --- These are not words: wierd, genious, rediculous
  7. those wacky french! by Connie_Lingus · · Score: 2, Funny

    Paris, 15:09. My Nabaztag's ears are moving. Virginie has just got to her office in New York. It's a secret code between us. When she moves her Rabbit's ears, the ears on mine move at the very same time.

    I don't know...sounds kinda kinky to me. Could this be the breakthrough that Dildonics is waiting for?

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  8. Anthro-PC by Keruo · · Score: 1, Funny

    some case modding and you have your own anthro-pc!

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    There are no atheists when recovering from tape backup.
  9. the Nabaztag Bunny by pharwell · · Score: 2, Funny

    It keeps going..... and going..... and going..... and going.....

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    I quote others only in order the better to express myself. -- Michel de Montaigne
  10. This looks like a really fun idea by jessecurry · · Score: 3, Funny

    This does look like a really fun idea, but if only I could get it in something other than a rabbit... Maybe a 23cm Hooters girl?

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    Those who know, do not speak. Those who speak, do not know. ~Lao Tzu
  11. Re:Nabaztag by swv3752 · · Score: 2, Funny

    When I first saw the article, I was thinking of something like this.

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    Just a Tuna in the Sea of Life
  12. Re:All this company has going for them... by shokk · · Score: 2, Funny

    Nabaztag sounds like a Sumerian demon or one of the bad dudes in a Guild Wars quest. I think the rabbit's eyes follow you around the room, too.

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    "Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart, he dreams himself your master."