March 23, 2007

My Friday's not over yet

You may have seen this at BoingBoing, but in case you didn't: here's a little robot who's been taught to respond to rhythm. He doesn't exactly dance, but he perfectly mimics the kind of enthusiastic headbobbing most of us tend to engage in while listening to a catchy song. Say, something by Spoon. It's all very subtle and to me, hilariously uplifting.

(I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords.)

Posted by Heather at March 23, 2007 06:48 PM

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uh-oh, a possible companion to my thingamagoop…

Posted by: ezimmerman at March 23, 2007 10:23 PM

Omigosh Eric, you're right! That could be excellent. We'll have to wait for them to move out of the prototype stage, though...

Posted by: Heather [TypeKey Profile Page] at March 23, 2007 11:08 PM

Speaking of robots that make silly gestures……now my cell phone makes equally silly noises, i've got #1 :)

http://www.bleeplabs.com/bleeptones.htm

Posted by: ezimmerman at March 24, 2007 12:04 PM

Oh man. I'm guessing that's going to make nearby listeners crazy! I love it.

Posted by: Heather [TypeKey Profile Page] at March 24, 2007 04:10 PM

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