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Hacking the Tux Droid

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the cutest-robot-ever dept.

Rockhopper writes "Ars Technica has a combo review/hack guide for the Tux Droid, a programmable penguin. 'Tux is completely programmable at practically every level, and all of the source code of the firmware and software used by the droid is available from Kysoh's version control repository. There are several ways to program the droid's behavior, ranging from modifying the firmware to coding a gadget in Python.' There's a sample Python script that will cause Tux to speak IRC messages out loud when the user's name is mentioned."

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  1. Yes but... by Hatta · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does it run Linux?

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    1. Re:Yes but... by esocid · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yes, but does it blend?

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  2. Re:Yet another... by larry+bagina · · Score: 5, Funny

    no shit. How many other people thought about shoving a greased up tux droid up their ass? well, you're thinking about it now!

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  3. Mine's being ornery by bobdotorg · · Score: 4, Funny

    When I told it to get the Gentoo wireless drivers to work properly on my old laptop, it ran across my desk, and flipped me off as it started humping my Opus doll.

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  4. Re:Droid! by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe it can even be... a friend?

    You plan to glue tits on it, don't you?

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  5. Re:Non Programmer by hitmark · · Score: 4, Funny

    and have it scream "code red" whenever a windows laptop is connected on the inside of the firewall?

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