jolt.co.uk public forums - Go Go Gadget Squirrel!

19-07-2005, 1:58 PM	#1
Gaeltach Muppet Owner Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 7,895	Go Go Gadget Squirrel! Has anyone seen this yet? Supposedly there's new Bluetooth technology coming out to prevent calls to your cellphone from interrupting something important, unless the call is itself important. A robotic squirrel answers the call and engages the caller in limited conversation to determine the nature of the call. http://www.mobileburn.com/news.jsp?Id=1519 http://web.media.mit.edu/~stefanm/phd/cellularsquirrel/ If this is real, I want one! __________________ "When you're happy, someone near you (usually me) turns out to be very sad." -Sanctaphrax <3 AMF

19-07-2005, 2:00 PM	#2
Laerod Semi-Pro Sp@mPig Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Germany Posts: 5,371	It is sad that our society has made it possible to buy something like that. (But who would we be to criticize )

19-07-2005, 2:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Laerod

It is sad that our society has made it possible to buy something like that. (But who would we be to criticize

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Sad or not, I find the whole concept incredibly amusing. And the implications for the robotics field are intreguing as well.

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19-07-2005, 2:05 PM	#4
Automagfreek Honorary Spam Forum Owner Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: The place where fools come to die.....Automagfreek Posts: 11,493	I want a cellular squirrel! __________________ For the glory of the EMPIRE The history of Automagfreek The Great Big Automagfreek 'OOC' Thread <3 Gaeltach

19-07-2005, 2:13 PM	#5
FairyTInkArisen Honorary Spam Forum Owner Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 13,871	woah! that's awesome __________________ HRH Queen of General FIRST OFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE CULT OF ZWANGE CAUSE SHE ROXORZ MY SOXORZ!!! Paradise Beach Forums http://s3.invisionfree.com/Paradise_Beach

19-07-2005, 2:18 PM	#6
Randomlittleisland Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: England Posts: 369	Already got one, its called a younger brother.

19-07-2005, 2:24 PM	#7
[NS]Ihatevacations CyberSheep Farmer Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,255	I want a cellular penguin, whose with me?

19-07-2005, 2:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Randomlittleisland

Already got one, its called a younger brother.

I've heard tell that some important people have an upgraded version of this called a "secretary" or an "agent".

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19-07-2005, 2:54 PM	#9
The odd one Superior Gamer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 794	i definitely think a range of cellular creatures would be great, even just for the initial novelty. __________________ I'm a democratic socialist. It might not be pure socialism, but it's a step in the right (left?) direction. By my absence, I isolate myself. two parasites do not constitute a symbiotic relationship.

19-07-2005, 7:40 PM	#10
ProMonkians Aimbot Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,555	That's it! I'm buying one. __________________ The police could not catch me, for I was on fire

19-07-2005, 7:43 PM	#11
Potaria Uber Spamgirl Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Houston, Texas (Where will I end up? Who knows...) Posts: 8,586	Interesting, but why would they make it a squirrel, of all things? __________________ Political Compass and Moral Politics Test Standings Economic Left/Right: -10.00 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -10.00 Moral Order: -8.0 Moral Rules: +5.0 "Ah, well, you're the one who stripped me of the title "NS's most Socially Libertarian"." --- Keruvalia "You're psychic, Potaria." --- Sdaeriji

19-07-2005, 7:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Potaria

Interesting, but why would they make it a squirrel, of all things?

I can't quite explain it, but for some reasons Squirrels rock.

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19-07-2005, 7:46 PM	#13
OHidunno Quite Deadly Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Xiang Gang Posts: 469	I was hoping for something sleek and metallic with incredibly large, but I guess you can't have everything. What an adorable idea though, I have a tendancy of just checking who's calling and ignoring the call if it seems appropriate. They can always leave a message =). But it's a wonderful idea, how incredibly handy and useless at the same time. I love knickknacks like that.