Tempy

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Tuesday, June 12, 2007

But Can It Become Extinct?

This is Pleo, the newest in animatronic robotic technology.


According to CNN: "Pleo's surprisingly realistic movements are created by 14 motors and six processors. (Furby had one of each.) Thanks to a nose-mounted camera and 30 sensors, it's clever enough to avoid walls and table edges. It's also sensitive to touch, noise, movement, and even other Pleos. Its personality is so complex that Chung says it'll take years for each individual dino to come into its own."

Just to be safe, I'm building a giant meteor.

19 Comments:

At 2:04 PM, Blogger Lynne said...

Wouldn't you, in fact, need a miniature meteor?

 
At 2:08 PM, Blogger Tempy said...

Very good point. But I think it would be best to succeed in one shot, just to be safe.

 
At 2:57 PM, Blogger dancing at gunpoint said...

I think this trend is deeply troubling.
'2001: A Space Odyssey' anyone?

 
At 3:07 PM, Blogger Unknown said...

Hal, what are you doing, Hal?

 
At 3:11 PM, Blogger Tempy said...

I just find it fascinating that they took one of the dumbest creatures and made it into a robot that can learn to think. What is this, a second chance?

 
At 3:16 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Who you calling dumb?!

 
At 3:47 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

For the love of... who let smart-ass out of the amber. Who?!

 
At 4:03 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Don't get snarky Pterodactyl, just because you were the first vertebrates to fly.

 
At 4:09 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Actually, I was the first. Fact check, aisle one.

 
At 4:22 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Guys...guys... we're all equal in our lord's eye.

 
At 4:39 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Your both part of the pterosaurs family smart-ass, so you both flew first and are both pretty.

 
At 4:41 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

But some of you are prettier and more equal than others.

 
At 4:43 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

That's why the scales of justice actually tilt.

 
At 4:57 PM, Blogger Lynne said...

On the behalf of dimorphodon - he did, in fact, predate the pterodactyl.

 
At 4:57 PM, Blogger Lynne said...

scales! get it!!???

 
At 9:04 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey Dimorphodon,
You got nothing on me! See these? yeah, those are feathers my man......feathers. I just guaranteed myself a spot in history, baby.

 
At 10:21 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Scales, feathers, whatever. You're all going down.

 
At 10:22 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

SID!

 
At 10:36 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Wow, lawyergirl. That was fast. Are you on the schneid or what?

 

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