Comments on: Sony Puts AIBO Down http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2577 Independent Tech News and Product Reviews from former VP and head of CNET.com and Longtime Computer Shopper Columnist, Alice Hill author of the popular "Hard Edge" column. Originally named AliceandBill.com. Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:32:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Pleo “Life Form” by Furby Co-Creator | Etixet http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2577#comment-451077 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:26:24 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2577#comment-451077 [...] Not long ago we told you about the decision by Sony to drop the AIBO and QRIO. Now some good news. After 5 years, the co-creator of the Furby (with Dave Thomas), Caleb Chung, has a new “life form”, Pleo. Made by Ugobe, it is designed to resemble a one-week-old sauropod. Pleo runs on a sophisticated operating system termed “LifeOS” by (Ugobe CEO Bob) Christopher. Emotions are configured in an artificial intelligence engine using more than 50 algorithms to simulate hormones and sophisticated emotions. Christopher says Pleo has its own distinct personality–not quite dinosaur, not quite human. [...] […] Not long ago we told you about the decision by Sony to drop the AIBO and QRIO. Now some good news. After 5 years, the co-creator of the Furby (with Dave Thomas), Caleb Chung, has a new “life form”, Pleo. Made by Ugobe, it is designed to resemble a one-week-old sauropod. Pleo runs on a sophisticated operating system termed “LifeOS” by (Ugobe CEO Bob) Christopher. Emotions are configured in an artificial intelligence engine using more than 50 algorithms to simulate hormones and sophisticated emotions. Christopher says Pleo has its own distinct personality–not quite dinosaur, not quite human. […]

]]> by: Alice http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2577#comment-10355 Fri, 27 Jan 2006 02:40:57 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2577#comment-10355 I am sure they will live on on eBay I am sure they will live on on eBay

]]> by: Inglix the Mad http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2577#comment-10351 Fri, 27 Jan 2006 01:18:07 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2577#comment-10351 Awww, and I wanted one :( What a pity... My friend has one and it's probably the neatest toy I've seen. Awww, and I wanted one :(

What a pity… My friend has one and it’s probably the neatest toy I’ve seen.

]]> by: Cool Tech Reviews http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2577#comment-10309 Thu, 26 Jan 2006 19:33:23 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2577#comment-10309 <strong>Sony drops AIBO and QRIO</strong> Michael Santo at Alice Hill’s Real Tech News did a little sleuthing in Sony’s quarterly report and discovered that the AIBO robot pooch is being put to sleep at the end of Sony’s fiscal year in March and development has ended for the... Sony drops AIBO and QRIO

Michael Santo at Alice Hill’s Real Tech News did a little sleuthing in Sony’s quarterly report and discovered that the AIBO robot pooch is being put to sleep at the end of Sony’s fiscal year in March and development has ended for the…

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