12/23/2004: Housesitter robot

Undertoad · 12-23-2004, 12:20 PM

Um, OK: according to the full story, this thing didn't fly out of someone's nose. It's actually a $30,000 robot that, well...

...can alert homeowners to burglars or housesit for their pets -- and, when not at work, lounge about and be "beautiful."

This serves as notice to the Japanese culture. You have arrived. You are now officially at the point where your money creates its own reasons to be spent.

HOUSESIT their PETS? Howzat? Maybe you put your hamster into it and let it operate it?

However, apparently there is a market for the British artists IotD keeps featuring: Designed by British artist Paul White, "Roborior" weighs 3.25 kilograms (7.15 pounds) with a height of 27 centimeters (10.8 inches) and can run at up to 19 centimers per second.

12-23-2004, 12:20 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	12/23/2004: Housesitter robot Um, OK: according to the full story, this thing didn't fly out of someone's nose. It's actually a $30,000 robot that, well... ...can alert homeowners to burglars or housesit for their pets -- and, when not at work, lounge about and be "beautiful." This serves as notice to the Japanese culture. You have arrived. You are now officially at the point where your money creates its own reasons to be spent. HOUSESIT their PETS? Howzat? Maybe you put your hamster into it and let it operate it? However, apparently there is a market for the British artists IotD keeps featuring: Designed by British artist Paul White, "Roborior" weighs 3.25 kilograms (7.15 pounds) with a height of 27 centimeters (10.8 inches) and can run at up to 19 centimers per second.

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