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Futuristic Robot Dogs
ubergizmo.com - 10/27/2008
Futuristic Robot Dogs
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Sony's discontinued Aibo robot dog opened up Pandora's Box where expensive toys for the home are concerned, and things can only move forward from there. Enter this design by Charles Kalpakian that features a robot tog which looks really cute, lighting up each time you pull its tail just like ...

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Gizmodo:  Artificial Dogs are Better for Some Applications, Trust Me [Dogs]

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Artificial Dogs are Better for Some Applications, Trust Me [Dogs]
Gizmodo — ... a world in which we abandon man's best friend for an electronic replacement, but it's also hard to imagine a dog ever holding a paper book without turning poor Kafka into a sponge. Luckily, designer Charles Kalpakian is here to provide us with this canine book stand concept that lights up when you pull the tale. While this unit is not for sale, we can only hope that version 2.0 has teeth to convey that pulling a dog's tale is not the best way to treat it. [Yanko Design via Ubergizmo] ...

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