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T3.com’s Hot 100 Gadgets - AI-based Pleo
hot100.t3.com - 4/21/2009
T3.com’s Hot 100 Gadgets - AI-based Pleo
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AI-based Pleo Price: £230 Link: Firebox The ultimate combination of cute toy and clever AI, Pleo is your very own pet dinosaur. every one evolves differently, depending on how you treat him and what he encounters in your lounge.
Ugobe Folds, Pleo Goes the Way of the Dinosaur [Pleo]
i.gizmodo.com - 4/21/2009
Ugobe Folds, Pleo Goes the Way of the Dinosaur [Pleo]
— i.gizmodo.com — You can blame it on the grim economy, or you can blame it on the fact that... Ugobe's entire business depended on plush robotic dinosaurs. Either way, the Pleo has antagonized its last Labrador. The company has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy—the ... (more) Ugobe Folds, Pleo Goes the Way of the Dinosaur [Pleo]
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idahostatesman.com - 4/22/2009
Eagle-based company Ugobe, creator of Pleo, files Chapter 7 bankruptcy | Business
— idahostatesman.com — Pleo, a robotic dinosaur with many of the same characteristics as a household pet, was introduced to... the Treasure Valley two years ago with a lot of hoopla and exuberant predictions for the toy's future. On Friday, that future was put in doubt when ... (more) Eagle-based company Ugobe, creator of Pleo, files ...
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gadgets.boingboing.net - 4/22/2009
Pleo extinct - Boing Boing Gadgets
— gadgets.boingboing.net — pleoschem.jpg Ugobe, the makers of the $350 robotic dinosaur "Pleo", have filed for Chapter 7 .... (more) Pleo extinct - Boing Boing Gadgets
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Intelligent robo-dinosaur Pleo goes extinct
T3.com All — Intelligent robo-dinosaur Pleo goes extinct But pre-orders still being taken in the UK It hit number 88 in T3's Hot 100 Gadgets and clocked up reasonable sales around the world, but that's not been enough to save Pleo from extinction. Sadly, everyone's favourite intelligent robotic dinosaur has been a victim of the recession, with Ugobe (the company behind it) filing for bankruptcy, sacking all of its workers in the process. That's despite the Ugobe selling over 100,000 Pleos in the last 12 months, each commanding a price tag of $350, adding up to a whopping $35,000,000 of ...

Intelligent robo-dinosaur Pleo goes extinct
T3.com News — ... It hit number 88 in T3's Hot 100 Gadgets and clocked up reasonable sales around the world, but that's not been enough to save Pleo from extinction. ...

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