office toy Originally uploaded by jabberer. Transparent display is in the middle of the house, showing the resident and her pet. They’re affected by knocking on the door (or shaking the house). Its an alternative form of tamagochi, but somewhat overdone.
entertainment robot aibo Originally uploaded by jabberer. Amazing progress compared to the very 1st gen of these puppies’ ancestor. There’re touch pads on the head, under the chin, and on the butt for the user to rub (pat)- and they react so real to that, including sound feedback. Sony center @ Ginza.
gaze? Originally uploaded by jabberer. The one near the cam was ‘noticing’ the appearance of camera in its fov.
20Q Originally uploaded by jabberer. With artificial intelligence, this toy can guess what i am thinking by asking 20 questions. Dumdudum~
i, dog Originally uploaded by jabberer. It likes music. It can express its feeling with glowing eyes behind the facial surface. It comes in a box that mimicks iPod’s.
daikon character series Originally uploaded by jabberer. This is a word that’s used differently in korea. Daikon means raddish in japanese- literally it means big root. In korean, raddish is called ‘mu-u’. Unfortunately the word daikon is written with the same chinese characters as my fathers name -_-; i dont know if i should make ...
hakoinu collection Originally uploaded by jabberer. At kiddy land. Didnt have energy to go upstairs (besides i’m not allowed to shop till i find a place to live – my own rule)