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Robots
Pet Care Robot Scares The Bejeezus Out Of Fido While You’re Away
5:20AM Mark Wilson | It can be tough to leave a pet at home, even for a quick trip. But what if you had a freaky robot to tend to your furry friend while you were away? More »
Toys
WowWee FlyTech Skyhopper: More Mothra Than A Star Wars Airspeeder
6:26PM Stephen Climpson | Digging around on the FCC site can uncover some truly weird things. Exhibit A this morning: WowWee’s FlyTech Skyhopper (no, not that Skyhopper). More »
Robots
Rovio Modded To Fight Blazing Candles
8:40AM Mark Wilson | The Rovio is the most promising webcam-wielding robot out there that, sadly, we don’t exploit because of conscience. But one modder has tweaked the otherwise pervy spybot to become a brave and loyal firefighter. More »
Robots
Wowwee Spyball Looks Like Death Star Torture Ball, But Transforms and Shoots Upskirt Pics
9:50AM Matt Buchanan | Like the Rovio, WowWee’s Spyball is a Wi-Fi-enabled spycam robot. But it transforms from sorta conspicuous ball to spycam for surreptitious shots. You can connect ad-hoc via Wi-Fi or over the internet. More »
Screens
WowWee Cinemin Pico Projectors Are Tiny and Cheap
9:50AM Matt Buchanan | WowWee’s Cinemin pico projectors fit any situation you’d be pico projecting in. The Swivel is a candybar that angles 90 degrees; the Stick’s tinier and takes SD cards, and the Station’s an iPod dock station.
Toys
WowWee Joebot Has Joementum, But Roborover Is a Late Bloomer
9:50AM Matt Buchanan | WowWee actually imbues its new robots with some personality: Joebot is dancing rhythm robot that responds to beats (he beatboxes!), while the Roborover explorer starts out shy and gets bolder over time. Cute. More »
Toys
Ultimate Toy Robot Battlemodo
7:00AM Benny Goldman | Everyone wants love, companionship and contact. Those who can’t get it from humans can turn to the latest crop of hot toy robots: Wall-E in three sizes, WowWee’s Rovio, Femisapien and Mr. Personality, the dino D-Rex, multi-talented Elmo Live and Sony’s enchantingly personable Rolly music player. Each exudes a desire to be your loyal friend from every noisy servo and glowing LED. But which should you choose? More »
Software
WowWee Rovio Driver App Now Available For the iPhone
8:00AM Sean Fallon | If you have enjoyed using the built-in iPhone application on WowWee’s three-wheelin’ Rovio robot, then head on over to the App Store because “Rovio Driver” looks like a major upgrade. The free app adds head position / rotation controls and the camera view appears to be much larger than the standard version. Damn, I might have to put this one on the Christmas list myself. [Robo Community via I4U News] More »
Robots
WowWee’s Rovio Roving Webcam Detailed in Videos
6:38PM Kit Eaton | The Rovio is quite definitely revving up for its September 26th launch with a bunch of new promo videos from WowWee. If you weren’t already intrigued by the web-controlled roving webcam, then you will be after watching this teaser: it looks like it does a pretty fab job of manoeuvring while streaming video and sounds. I do wish the camera vertical angle was more adjustable though. More »
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