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crunchgear.com - 1/15/2009

Coming soon: Voice-controlled toy helicopters

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Tokyo-based Taiyo Corp. [JP] yesterday announced they will start selling a toy helicopter that responds to voice commands in March (price in Nippon: $60). This date is confirmed for Japan only but Taiyo said Asia, North America and Europe will also get the toy. It will respond to commands given ...

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engadget.com - 1/20/2009

Video: Taiyo's voice controlled Voice-Heli RC helicopter: "attack!"

— engadget.com — Thomas Ricker , posted Jan 16th 2009 at 7:41AM... (more) Video: Taiyo's voice controlled Voice-Heli RC ...

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news.yahoo.com - 1/16/2009

Japan company to sell voice-control toy helicopter - Yahoo! News

— news.yahoo.com — TOKYO (AFP) For those who are seeking an innovative way of playing with their toys, a Japan... company is offering a helicopter that responds to voice commands. Taiyo Co. Ltd. unveiled the helicopter at a Tokyo toy forum Wednesday with sales starting in ... (more) Japan company to sell voice-control toy helicopter - ...

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ohgizmo.com - 1/20/2009

Voice-Controlled R/C Helicopter

— ohgizmo.com — By Evan Ackerman The learning curve for flying R/C helicopters can be pretty steep, even for some... of the simpler 3 and 4 channel models. Taiyo is trying to make it a little bit easier with this voice controlled heli, which responds to 5 ... (more) Voice-Controlled R/C Helicopter

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