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60 S.S. Giftology: Robot sommelier!
Everyone has that one super high-class, uppity, early-adopter friend who has the latest cool gadget before you do. He bought the world's fastest yacht before you did. His car runs on his own sense of self-satisfaction. You bought an iPhone? His was personally implanted into his frontal cortex by Steve Jobs and came preloaded with the finest escort services on five continents already on speed dial.
Today's Giftology item ensures that you get him something this year he can't possibly have: His very own robot sommelier! Scientists at Japan's NEC company and Mie University have garnered an entry into the 2008 Guinness Book of World Records by creating the world's first robot sommelier. The cute lil' robot "tastes" wine via an infrared sensor in its hand that can identify different types of wine by irradiating it at different wavelengths. The robot can identify types of wines, grape ingredients, and even the level of sweetness or dryness. It can do the same with fruits and cheese, making it an all-purpose garden-party robot.
A prototype of the Jetson's robot Rosie has arrived and her name is Twendy-One
Just under 5 feet tall, weighing 245 pounds, and speaking with a feminine coo, Twendy-One the human symbiotic robot can manipulate chop sticks, bring you ketchup from the 'fridge and use her gorilla arms to support the weight a person. In the world of robot technology, she's an accomplishment in balancing dexterity with strength that has been seven years in the making with a several million dollar budget.
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New robot cleans house, recharges self, fights crime
Why is this woman smiling? Because her adorable little house-cleaning robot, iClebo, is also a vigilant guardian of the night!
South Korean robot-maker Yujin Robot plans to introduce a new version of their Roomba lookalike, iClebo, next year. Like the current model, the 2008 iClebo will go about its business while you’re not looking, vacuuming and bumping into furniture. But unlike its predecessors, the gadget will be equipped with new technology from mobile phone company KTF: a microphone, a camera and a speaker.
When the robot detects an intruder in your home, the new iClebo will be able to “bark” or send an urgent message to your cell phone. (One imagines it could also be used to break up a particularly disastrous first date, or police your children…)
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