http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/ Engadget Comments for How would you change Pleo? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/Jan 11th 2008 6:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/Jan 11th 2008 6:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/Jan 11th 2008 6:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/Jan 11th 2008 6:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/Jan 11th 2008 6:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/
I want to see more of her. this place just isn't the same without that cutie.]]>Jan 11th 2008 6:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/Jan 11th 2008 7:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/http://www.veronicabelmont.com/]]>Jan 11th 2008 8:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/Jan 11th 2008 7:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/Jan 11th 2008 6:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/Jan 11th 2008 6:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/Jan 11th 2008 6:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/
You can look under the hood right here...

http://pleohq.com/pleo-101/technical-specs/]]>Jan 12th 2008 1:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/Jan 11th 2008 7:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/
2) An auto-wake feature would be nice too since there is already a hardware power switch. In other words, it'd be nice for Pleo to wake up on its own if it turned off on its own.

With these two features, maybe Pleo would learn to greet me at the door when I enter the house =D.]]>Jan 11th 2008 7:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/-Taylor]]>Jan 11th 2008 9:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/Jan 14th 2008 3:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/
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Weee-eell... Right now I'm thinking "fangs" here, great big huge ones! Possibly body armor.
Most definitely racks of missile launchers and gatling guns mounted on its back!

Of course, doing all this would just increase the chance a native American comes running carrying a strange bottomless leather bag and pumps poor Pleo full of arrows, high explosives and plasma nukes... So maybe this is just a bad idea. ;)]]>Jan 11th 2008 8:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/Jan 11th 2008 8:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/heading back to a base station to charge himself was also a great idea.]]>Jan 11th 2008 8:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/
Quitier servos.

Needs a much bigger battery. One hour of play and three hours of charge kills it.

Needs to self dock and "sleep" when batteries are low -- maybe a nest of inductive coils.

Waterproof!


]]>Jan 11th 2008 8:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/Jan 11th 2008 8:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/Jan 11th 2008 8:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/Jan 11th 2008 8:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/Jan 11th 2008 9:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/Cell phones have skins, winamp has skins, ipods have skins... Pleo actually HAS skin! So why not make it removable and changable!? I'd go for a black and orange scheme i think... And someone mentioned fur... If it didn't confuse the sensors (it might), that would be sweet! People love customization, and as much as the seamless skin design is cool, i wouldn't mind a few seams if i could swap out that dermis! :)
Also, his skin is a bit too rubbery, it feels kind of odd... I wish it was a bit more slick, it would make him feel nicer to hold and pet.
-Taylor]]>Jan 11th 2008 9:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/one eye for IM or email alerts
make it a lighter
a can opener on it's tail
get it to tow my 6 pack
fetch me the paper
bring me my slippers
aide me in picking up chicks in the park
have it fly me to work
maybe it can be i dunno, 1000 times bigger
again, make it fly me around places
give it sixaxis movement so it can play warhawk with me
rockets instead of fire breathing would be great
also, make it print money. that would be a nice touch.

pfff... skins and quiet servos. DARE TO DREAM KIDS!]]>Jan 11th 2008 9:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/Jan 12th 2008 1:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/Jan 12th 2008 9:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/Jan 11th 2008 10:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/Jan 11th 2008 10:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/Jan 12th 2008 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/]]>Jan 12th 2008 11:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/
- give him hair (ok, i solved this by myself http://img205.imageshack.us/my.php?image=helgehaarezo3.jpg )

Apart from that, we should wait for the Life OS update...]]>Jan 12th 2008 6:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/Jan 12th 2008 1:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/
replace clunky motor system with a series of pistons, electronic valves, and a hydraulic accumulator powered by a single motor. this system could be made virtually silent, and would allow very fast movements.

use OLEDs embedded in its skin, so that there could be some colour changes a la chameleon.

wireless networking with a PC (located anywhere) to assist in CPU intensive task such as pattern recognition. if it hears a strange sound, it can transmit that to a PC for analysis for example. great for complex voice commands.

ability to communicate with other pleos via projector/eye or wireless.

artificial gecko-skin feet for climbing windows, and hanging from one toe off the chandelier.

use aforementioned OLED skin as a touch sensor. since OLEDs can act as solar cells, they could be polled for rate-of-change of light levels, and infer that an object is close, or in close proximity by the shadow cast. this would give very high resolution touch, and when combined with pressure sensors in the hydraulic system could yield valuable data on pressure, velocity, substance, duration and direction.

solar antenna. a flexible solar panel that emerges whenever pleo senses no movement around him for some time, but a source of light available. he could, for example, seek out sunlight coming through a door/window and go stand in it to charge.

i have too many software changes to list.
]]>Jan 12th 2008 4:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/Jan 12th 2008 10:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/1.Have Pleo sense table edges so it won't walk off.
2. Make skin out of synthetic mesh so it feel better
3. Make it explore more
4. Allow updating the SD card while installed in Pleo. My computer won't see my card reader/writer.
5. It gets boxed in (on the floor) too easily and only turns to the right when it could escape to the left.
6. It won't walk on carpet. I fixed by applying 5 min. epoxy to the rear feet and toes where they rub on the carpet.
7. Mine will go to sleep (if left alone) and I have to turn it upside down to wake it up. This may be fixed with OS update.
8. What does the camera do? Could be put to better use.
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http://www.aibohack.com/pleo/yapt.htm

(This comes complete with a "Babe the sheep-pig" personality - says different phrases depending on which sensors are triggered or just says them at random if left alone)

http://www.dogsbodynet.com/pleoskit/index.html]]>Jan 13th 2008 8:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/
Faster reactions to stimuli as it ages

As someone else mentioned, it gets trapped easily by simple obstacles, which is kinda cute a few times, but quickly becomes annoying.

How about a guide for conditioning the Ni-Mh battery packs? Or better yet, replace the cells with Saphion lithium cells.

A smart charge that shuts itself off when the packs are getting overcharged.

Tech support that can do more than read the FAQ back to callers.]]>Jan 13th 2008 5:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/Jan 14th 2008 2:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/how-would-you-change-pleo/Jan 15th 2008 10:05AM