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Alright, I thought this dinosaur would be cool.  A little while back when Pleo was really starting to enter the (geek) public’s eyes I wrote an article on how cool this would be.   I was wrong. It’s amazing. This little girl (my daughter has christened it a her and named her already) has trotted around our place a bit, freaked out the cats and stolen the heart of my wife and daughter. Yes, they’ve played with it more than I have. The cats and I have taken to just hanging out in the other room, hoping for a little attention.

I’m not quite sure what to file the Pleo under. Gadget? Toy? Science? All three I guess.

Here’s a - in my opinio- very cool video of the Pleo taking her first steps, about 10 minutes after hatching, but you know how home movies can be.

From the Pleo site: Pleo, a one week-old dinosaur, is a robotic marvel and the newest member of your family! Pleo interacts with you – moving organically, expressing emotion, autonomously exploring and responding to the world around him. On Pleoworld.com owners connect, find training tips and download new enhancements to Pleo. Pleo’s sophisticated sensory system has devices that enable him to hear, to see, to sense touch, and to detect objects: a color camera, sound sensors, two infrared sensors, 14 motors, over 100 gears, eight touch sensors, and an orientation sensor.

I’ll have a few review of this so far very cool little dinosaur in a week or so.

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