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		<title>Robotic Penguin Pet Dances, Reports Facebook Updates</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This cute little critter from MyDeskTop.com is being marketed as a robotic desktop pet. Unlike previous generations of robotic pets, like Furbys or those impossible-to-get-potentially-hazardous-for-kids robotic hamsters that are all the rage this holiday season, Pingo the Penguin wirelessly connects to your computer to speak your Facebook status updates and messages, as well as report [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kristinag.com&blog=6332316&post=775&subd=kristinag&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ping-Pong Playing Robot</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:30:51 +0000</pubDate>
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This bot, on display at the iRex conference a few weeks ago, boasts that it can play table tennis against a human opponent. The fast-reacting robot, dubbed Topio (version 3) and created by the Vietnamese company Tosy, has 39 degrees of freedom. While very cool with its movie star-esque carved torso and sunglasses, how well [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kristinag.com&blog=6332316&post=763&subd=kristinag&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Robotic Singing Heads, a la Futurama</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This art exhibit of singing animatronics heads by Nathaniel Mellor. While somewhat rubbery and not terribly advanced, they do evoke a bit of the uncanny valley reaction; see them below at Art Basel Miami Beach 2009:

Via EnGadget
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		<title>Robots Do The Light Saber Dance at iREX</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:23:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[image via Pink Tentacle&#8217;s excellent slideshow

At the International Robot Exhibition (iREX) 2009 in Japan last week, dancing, rolling and talking robots and their creators mingled and played. I was enjoyed a stuffed poultry dish at home myself, but I did come across these cool videos of demos at the conference, including this one of robots [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kristinag.com&blog=6332316&post=754&subd=kristinag&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Stunning Interactive Virtual Furry Pet on PS3</title>
		<link>http://kristinag.com/2009/10/28/stunning-interactive-virtual-furry-pet-on-ps3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sony’s new Eye Pet video game for PlayStation 3 incorporates the latest in augmented reality technology—particularly tracking and interactive software—to deliver an immersive, gaming experience.
While a kid&#8217;s game, the new tech in Eye Pet sounds cool enough to entertain adults as well. Game players raise and interactive with a virtual &#8220;pet,&#8221; who senses and reacts [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kristinag.com&blog=6332316&post=746&subd=kristinag&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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