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A WiFi or cellular network connected toy, that connects in real time to a human that can both manipulate the toy's behavior as well as speak through the toy's speaker.
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Shouldn't this be under sex toys? |
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Who would be speaking through the speaker? A trained professional or some slightly deranged man from Milwaukee with an amazingly high pitched, feminine voice? |
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A trained professional, of course -- and yes, DrCurry, that would be one option, of course. |
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Do you have kids? This is a terrible idea. Why not call it Abduction Barbie? |
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would it argue with you if you intend to send it back for repair and it disagrees? |
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"Barbie wants you to get Mommy's credit cards and go to the phone and call this number..." |
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zen, The Illustrated Primer is on my list of projects to get to in my lifetime, and doesn't really require nano, does it? Put it on a laptop or phone and use an MMP engine. If you have the actors, you're ready to go. |
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To all those talking about Aqualang above -- think daycare. And think supervised call center with recorded calls, maybe echos to mommy. |
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If we all had to pay royalties to Stephenson we'd be missing 90% of Internet startups, much less halfbaked ideas :) |
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The Primer is certainly an exciting vision, and has to do as much with his ideas on childhood and family and education as anything else -- this idea is much more humble, looking for some achievable spontanteneity in a wind up doll |
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