Finally your replicant Owl and Nexus-6 will have a new playmate over at the Bradbury -- namely, Sega Toys' newest iteration of its infamously creepy automaton, the Yume Neko Smile cat. When we
last saw this little purr-machine, it was giving blank stares of disapproval while harmfully invading our dreams like a kind of down-coated demon. The new version appears to up the gross-factor to 11 by including even more lifelike movements, all new speech (with moving mouth), and a healthy dose of allergy-irritating dander. Okay, we made that last one up, but with such attention to detail -- including the common cat trait of perfect human speech -- it wouldn't surprise us to see this one causing all kinds of health issues. Watch the charming video after the break, you'll see what we mean.
posted Jan 16th 2008 8:03PM
Do androids dream of electric kitties?
Not Data.. He wants real kitties.. named Spot.
did that man just "massage" that robo-kitty?
I want one. seriously.
WTF!?
This cat doesn't ask if it can has cheezburger.
It just takes cheezburger.
It already took a bucket from a walrus and glued some poor feline to the ceiling. I say it's dangerous.
Can it has cheezburgers or eated ur baybees?
this cat should be able to teach me japanese, and where the eff are the claws and jagged teeth?
Oh how Sega has fallen. One day they were a leader in the console market, today they make robo-kittens.
OMG! It's Boxy from the 1980's Battlestar Galactica :o
take a listen to what it sees to be saying between 10-8 seconds left on the counter. let's not sell this in america or parents will go nutz.
Whoa, I totally misread the headline as, "Cat continues to be your *wanking* nightmare"!!
Ummmmm yeaaaaah.....
Goodbye Kitty.
can't believe I went there...
I loled! :D
Hey it clicks when it moves just like my cat!
so i am going to get rid of my cat and get this super cool robo cat just think no poop and you only have to plug it in!!!! "honey, did you plug the purranator in?"
Cut out the middleman. This can doesn't show up at the sound of a can opener.
It /is/ the can opener.
Do Not Want.
(A robot cat is also silly)
it's not really saying much.. also, do you have to keep poking it for it to talk? really creepy...
Do not want assimilate!
i am in ur nightmarez steelin ur sanity
its like a cat furby.
i wonder if itll do the same as the furby, mine shorted out the first day i had it, smoke came out of its ears, now that was truely demonic.
That thing is eeeeeevil.
I was waiting for it to spin its head around while mouthing off satanic obscenities.
The product is called the Neko Smile Cat? So it's called the Cat Smile Cat? WTF? Neko is Japanese for cat.
how soon before this is dissected like pleo?