Photo by Nabi
The Nabaztag is, wait for it, a wi-fi enabled bunny.
Yes, that’s right. It connects to the web and can tell you the weather each morning, play your podcasts, read your RSS feeds out plus a ton of other stuff. John Humphreys can’t do that can he?
Do check out the website if you have time - it’s great. Make sure to watch the "What does he do?" video right till the end.
Apparently, you can even ask it for advice. Nick Lockey pointed out to me that this might stray into Uncanny Valley territory (a hypothesis that says when robots get too humanlike they just start to freak people out).
I do like the idea though, especially because it shows we can interact with the web through physical objects as well as screens and keyboards. And why not? It might help my eyesight a bit. 
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We’ve had one since they came out - three (?) years ago. Nabaztag/tag the latest version (we have the original) has voice recognition and can smell.
The web services have always been a bit flakey, but “internetbunny” as ours is called is well loved.
Hey Jon,
Wow - didn’t realise they’d been around so long!
[…] Nabaztag - What does he do? Rather a lot it seems. This is the wifi rabbit thing that reads out RSS feeds and stuff. I wasn’t that bothered at first but what I didn’t know is it’s really well thought out. Check this video out. I particualrly like how they appreciate the absurdity of the situation. “Friends and lovers will communicate with each other… through a rabbit”. via Antonio […]
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