Gettin' chummy with Sony's QRIO

You have to feel a little hurt that Sony's best product is something that they will never, never sell. And it's not that we're jealous that British journalist Simon Perry got to hang out with the QRIO backstage and we didn't, because we're not, we swear (oh, god yes we are); it's that the QRIO is just so good. We had no idea that it weighs 15½ pounds without its battery, and that it expends so much energy and AI time on keeping balanced—if it can't keep itself up, it knows to fall on its hands and arms to keep from damaging the all-important stereo cameras and head sensors. But perhaps the best part is that if the QRIO demonstration team isn't nice to QRIO before the show, it refuses to cooperate in front of the audience. So you kind of have to wonder how it feels about being shut down and put in a case every night (we're guessing not too keen).