A unique sideshow

djgh — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:18:58 -0800

Please leave a hazelnut after the tone

NinjaPirate — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 03:15:55 -0800

Do you suffer from mobile telephone calls at inopportune times? Could you use a cute PA to take calls for you while gaming, or asleep? A dissertation project from MIT by HCI specialist Stefan Marti may have your solution: Cellular Squirrel.

Of course you will always want to talk to people who are thinking the same things as you, so Cellular Squirrel waves and moves about rather than making a sound. His oddly bulbous figure makes use of "socially strong non-verbal cues like gaze, posture, and gestures, to alert and interact with the user" rather than intrusive alerts in order to minimise user stress and social disruption.

Cellular intermediaries also come in two other flavours: "a parrot and a cute bunny"

thunder — Sat, 30 Dec 2000 09:38:37 -0800

Is Bush REALLY an animatronic robot? Or are these photos implying something else? Like maybe a few journalists/photographers took a few shortcuts? In any case, the article gave me a good laugh.

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A unique sideshow

Please leave a hazelnut after the tone