Pleo roundup: spy cam / XBee hacks, dino visits the day spa

Oh Pleo, it's been far too long since we've seen you out and about! Thankfully, we've stumbled upon a handful of Pleo news all at once, so we hope you're ready to catch up with your favorite dinosaur. First up is a pair of useful hacks from GRIP: a spy cam hack -- which transmits images from the pet to a PC sans wires -- and an XBee hack, which allows users to monitor Pleo's sensors and control its servos in real time. For those looking for less work and more laughs, you'll definitely want to venture on past the break. Wondering what's there? Pleo visits the day spa -- need we say more?

Read - Pleo hacks
Read - Pleo's day spa adventures

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 8th 2008 8:18AM]

Uhh... that video was disturbing.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 8th 2008 9:03AM]

Disturbing.

[Freakin Ijit Posted Aug 8th 2008 9:14AM]

Somehow I combined those two stories into one in my head and thought someone had rigged a Pleo with a spycam and sent it into a spa...

[Knight Posted Aug 8th 2008 10:37AM]

"We must gather intelligence on the evil Russian spa's nuclear program of doom. We shall send in Pleo."

[NHAnimator Posted Aug 8th 2008 9:43AM]

I think it's about time that we stick all of these zoobots in a room together for a little carnage. Just for amusement purposes only, of course.

[Freakin Ijit Posted Aug 8th 2008 9:48AM]

http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/08/pleo-gets-thoroughly-obliterated-by-demented-combot/

[apw76006 Posted Aug 8th 2008 12:58PM]

I would find this disturbing but as we speak, my Scottish Terrier is running around the house in one of his five Polo shirts from the Ralph Lauren store. Who am I to judge?

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 8th 2008 7:28PM]

Hi, I'm the owner of Linus in the video. I find it amusing that some poor guys are ending up with my Pleo video while searching "massage". Ha!

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 8th 2008 10:39PM]

it's frighteningly reminiscent of a porn video...

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 8th 2008 11:45PM]

That must be a guy thing. Massage has very different meaning to most women. Women see a great spa. Possibly the guys are seeing beautiful women doing a lot of touching? Men are from Mars? This is an innocently produced video purely for fun and demonstration of Pleo's interactiveness and eliciting of human emotion. What others see as disturbing or porn (!) might be something to discuss with your therapist... ;-D