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Sony Announces Limited Edition ‘Chocolate’ Aibo Robot Dog
New Limited Edition Aibo Model The newly redesigned Sony Aibo dog robot melted hearts back when it made its debut at CES 2018. Now Sony of Japan is announcing a new limited edition “chocolate” version. Internally, it is pretty much the exact same ERS-1000 model Aibo. Except now its body,…
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Ford Reveal Noise Cancelling Dog Kennel Design
Ford Reveal Noise Cancelling Dog Kennel Design Anyone who owns a dog knows that there are two times of the year that can be pretty miserable. Specifically, bonfire night and new years. Why? Well, think about what these two events usually have in common. Yes, most dog owners have an…
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Japanese Researchers Create Remote Control Device For A Dog
Japanese Researchers Create Remote Control Device For A Dog Take a look around your home. I daresay you have rather a lot of things that have remote controls. Your TV for one. What about something more technical like a wall socket or light? I daresay, however, that one thing you…
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Man Fined £1,100 For Dog Nazi Salute YouTube Video
Man fined £1,100 for dog Nazi Salute YouTube video At times it seems that YouTube might be full of dog or cat videos. It certainly felt that way 10 years ago. One YouTube user though has found himself fined for a unique dog video which many have deemed anti-semitic. Mark…
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Boston Dynamics Robot Dog Can Now Open Doors
Boston Dynamics robot dog Robotics has certainly come a long way in recent years. One of the stand-outs of the more popular technologies has been the Boston Dynamics robot dog. It promises to bring us a robot dog, albeit not very cuddly, into our homes. It seems now that the…
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Steam Lunar New Year Sale Set to Return on February
Valve has just wrapped up their holiday sale a few weeks ago, although it seemed tepid compared to previous holiday sales.The good news is that the next tent pole sale apparently is just around the corner. New information has leaked out regarding the next big Steam sale and it will…
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Sony Steals the Show with New AIBO Robot Puppy at CES 2018
Remember AIBO? The robot dog that Sony introduced in 1999 is now back and it is cuter than ever. It was also present at the CES 2018 show floor at the Las Vegas Convention Center melting the hearts of those present. Unlike the faceless automaton from close to two decades…
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Activision Battling Dog Poop Removal Service for Patent
Activision is enjoying the success of their newly launched Call of Duty: WWII. The game takes players back to World War II after the company’s recent efforts focusing on more modern battles. However, Activision is in the midst of a battle in real life as well. It is a legal…
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Sony Brings Back the Aibo Robot Dog
Sony Bring Back the Aibo Dog Twelve years ago, Sony finally decided that it’s AI robot dog, the Aibo, wasn’t working out. It marked what for many felt was the end of Sony’s attempt to be innovative in their products. A criticism which has in recent times been heavily applied…
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Even a Dog Can Drive a Tesla
With the dawn of vehicle automation truly upon us – pioneered by Elon Musk’s electric car company Tesla Motors – even those of us without driver’s licenses will soon be able to sit in the front seat without risk of causing an accident, and that seems to include man’s best…
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British Couple Pay £67,000 For Two Clones of Their Dead Dog
A couple from the UK have paid a South Korean lab to clone their dog, ending up with two duplicates of the deceased canine. Richard Remde and Laura Jacques of West Yorkshire paid South Korean firm Sooam Biotech Research Foundation £67,000 to clone their boxer Dylan, who died of a…
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Police Dog Trained to Sniff Out SD Cards and Flash Drives
As part of the investigation into Jared Fogle, the former Subway spokesperson, affectionately known as “Subway Guy”, under suspicion of trafficking child pornography, federal agents used a dog trained specifically to sniff out SD cards, flash drives, and other external storage devices was employed during an 11-hour search of his…
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Boston Dynamics’ New Robot – ‘Spot’ The Dog
Boston Dynamics, a company now owned by Google, has a new robot to join their other creepy animal-like bots. He/she/it is called Spot, just like the name you might give to a dog. Spot is much smaller compared to their other robots and it also has a body quite similar…
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Disabled Dog Gets New 3D-Printed Legs
A disabled dog has been given a new lease of life, thanks to a 3D printer. Derby the dog was born with crippled front legs and abandoned at a shelter. Luckily, Derby found a loving home, and his new owner just happened to be director of a 3D printing company.…
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