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Baby-Eating 4Moms Robo Stroller Packs, Unpacks Itself
Posted by Jack Loftus at 3:30 AM on September 22, 2008
This automated baby stroller from 4Moms, due out in 2009, has international incident written all over it. The hands-free collapsing trick seen in the video is neat looking, but what happens when Tiny Tim gets strapped in for a morning constitutional and mummy accidentally hits the "fold" button? Well, I'll tell you what happens. John Connor suddenly appears next to the thing in a flash of electricity, buck naked, and fights a T-1000 to the death. That's what happens.
Another cool thing about this stroller, on a serious note, is that the automation is powered by a rechargeable generator. For every 100 metres of "strolling," you get some more juice. The plastic is also 90% recycled materials, so the coming robot Apocalypse will be environmentally sound, at the very least. No price just yet, but cup holders, and a reclining seat are GO for launch. Update: $US650! [Growing Your Baby via Born Rich]
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Concrete_Particulars
Posted 4:14 AM 22/9/08
booooo. I was expecting a Megatron-esque transformation. Also looks like it has a hard-wired remote control, which makes this the least exciting RC toy ever.
Concrete_Particulars
General Halfshaftery
Posted 4:10 AM 22/9/08
So will moms use this high tech stoller as a baby-loaded battering ram in crowds like they do with today's low tech versions?
General Halfshaftery
Fused7
Posted 3:59 AM 22/9/08
One question: Does it run on Protoculture?
Fused7
OMG! Ponies!
Posted 3:50 AM 22/9/08
Lousy babies. Serves 'em right.
DEATH TO BABIES!
OMG! Ponies!
Pwnage
Posted 3:40 AM 22/9/08
Wow, how much?
"Mom, Jim's stuck in the stroller again!"
"Allright, did u call 911 yet?"
Pwnage
gamecrazychris
Posted 5:31 AM 22/9/08
Great so when the robots take over the planet they'll be able to kidnap our babies.
gamecrazychris
ajax6969
Posted 5:16 AM 22/9/08
REALLY!? I mean come on REALLY?? Was the whole push a button and fold thing TOO complex for people to handle. I mean it seems like it should be a test for the ability to be a parent. "Can you both squeeze this button AND fold the stroller at the same time?" "No, i don't think so." "Sorry, you have lost your right to breed. Go buy a pet. Better yet make it a CHIA pet"
ajax6969
Faslane66
Posted 5:11 AM 22/9/08
@General Halfshaftery:
No shit, how about stop breeding???? ever been to Vegas?, is strollerville and LAME, Vegas is not a place for kids people!!!! Quit f-ing breeding already!
Faslane66
wetworker
Posted 6:58 AM 22/9/08
Hmm takes 3 sec to open or close, time needed to charge. ...5 hours. I thought an energy crisis is coming.
wetworker
mastaassmasta
Posted 6:56 AM 22/9/08
if the company was smart they would put a military style switch on the fold button
mastaassmasta
nuggetz
Posted 6:48 AM 22/9/08
I hate women that sound like that when they talk. Voice totally turned me off. What was the video about again?
nuggetz
jamesdenver
Posted 8:11 AM 22/9/08
ok - i only know these because of my niece, who's stroller I'm incapable opening and closing, but here's the problem:
Most parents now have a stroller in which the seat detaches and also locks into a car seat base. So its just ONE seat for the stroller and the car. This means you don't have to buckle the seat in every time - and if the baby is sleeping you don't have to move him/her.
I don't see that feature in futurestroller 3000 here.
Christ I never thought I know that.
jamesdenver
Curves
Posted 9:02 AM 22/9/08
REAL moms can pop open a stroller while holding a baby and hanging on to a toddler in hurricane force winds without breaking a sweat.
Motherhood: The toughest job you will ever love. (Unless youre a guy.)
Curves
collider
Posted 8:44 AM 22/9/08
@ajax6969: I hear parenting can be difficult.
@jamesdenver: "I don't see that feature in babycrusher 3000 here."
fixed.
collider
homerjay
Posted 9:29 AM 22/9/08
@Curves: As a stay-at-home dad I take exception to that (however I am not offended- it takes a little more than that).
Besides, any good parent knows that the most difficult part of opening and/or closing a stroller with a baby in one hand isn't the opening or closing at all, its getting it in and out of the trunk.
This is worthless.
homerjay
jamesdenver
Posted 9:23 AM 22/9/08
@Curves:
Yeah cuz all guys are bumbling idiots who are inept at cooking, cleaning, child-rearing, and only pay attention to their family during football halftime.
Just like the commercials.
jamesdenver
Curves
Posted 9:52 AM 22/9/08
Whoa, I wasnt cutting on dads, just keeping with the MOM theme in the article title. No offense intended, and in fact, I am a daddys girl from WAY back, and proud of it.
Any fool can be a father, it takes a man to be a Daddy.
Curves
tobedetermined
Posted 11:37 AM 22/9/08
E-mail me (a father of 2 toddlers) when someone invented a "Stop Whining" button.
I hope this stroller has a weight sensor so it does not collapse when weight exceeds some threshold.
tobedetermined
FandZ
Posted 1:39 PM 22/9/08
Being a parent of four, I could see this coming in handy. Pick your kid up, hit the button, buckle your kid in his five strap harness, and then just throw this in the trunk.
I've had three different types of strollers in the past. Even the best was a pita to fold back up. Once you throw in a diaper bag, shopping, and all the little odds and ends anything that makes life easier is a god send.
What is up with all the parent bashing? Believe it or not having children is what drives the entire worlds economy. If were were to start having children at a slower pace than people dieing, I guarantee you within seven years the worlds economy would go to crap.
FandZ
pete
Posted 1:15 PM 22/9/08
You think $650 is a lot for a stroller?
You know those trendy Bugaboos you see everywhere?
$800+
pete
Mpls_Mikey
Posted 2:25 AM 23/9/08
@ajax6969: Spoken like someone who has never tried to fold or un-fold a stroller with one hand while holding a screaming baby in the other.
Douche.
Mpls_Mikey
zenpoet
Posted 2:24 AM 23/9/08
I may be way off here, but it kind of reminds me of the "Headmaster" Transformers. I can see the little baby being folded into that contraption, and a giant headless robot walking over, and then affixing said child securely to his waiting neck bolts.
But then again, I think everything should be attached to headless robots, so maybe that's just me.
zenpoet
ackthbbft
Posted 2:24 AM 23/9/08
Oooh.... Portable child crusher!! I want!! Perfect for the next time I'm at a restaurant with kids running wild and screaming because their duhddy or moomie don't understand what parenting means.
ackthbbft
FiveLiters
Posted 6:17 AM 23/9/08
Wonder what the dollar value is on the therapy a kid will need when older after encountering the 'Preying Mantis 2000',er,'stroller'...
"You want me sit WHERE???"
FiveLiters
thisisasignin
Posted 12:11 AM 25/9/08
Autobot Babies! Transform and roll out!
thisisasignin