Archive for November, 2007

Future Of Consumer Robotics May Rest On Toy Dinosaur

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Here’s an article about Pleo on CNN Money’s website.
The 20-inch-long toy is a much-anticipated robotic device named Pleo, and it will finally ship next month to consumers after a year’s delay. Created by the same team who brought the world the Furby, the Pleo will also mark an advance in robotics, as it packs much [...]

Pleo On Good Morning America

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

I4U News is reporting that Pleo will be featured on the Good Morning America show tomorrow morning (Thurs. Nov. 29th). This is a major American morning news show, and should bolster Pleo sales quite nicely. If you’re planning on buying a Pleo for Christmas, you’d better buy now! Due to the limited number of Pleo’s [...]

Pleo Featured on BoingBoing TV

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

Pleo was featured on an episode of BoingBoing TV. They went to the Maker Faire in Austin, TX and took some video. Check it out below:

30 Days Till Pleo Ships!

Monday, November 26th, 2007

I just got a “30 day ship notice” email from Ugobe! Everyone that pre-ordered Pleo should have gotten a notice from Ugobe letting you know that Pleo will be shipping in a little under 30 days. This is a good move by Ugobe, and fosters some good will, by letting folks that have given up [...]

Poll Results – When Pleo comes out …

Sunday, November 25th, 2007

Well, I must admit that I’ve been rather lazy when it comes to putting up a new poll, but here are the results from this last poll:
When Pleo comes out, will you ..
* Buy right away!: 54% (86)
* Buy after the price comes down: 27% (43)
[...]

Pictures of Pleo from the Maker Faire in Austin

Sunday, November 18th, 2007

There’s lots of pictures of Pleo from the Maker Faire in Austin. You can check them out on Flickr.
How about this shot from steevithak?

Don’t forget you can also preorder Pleo from Trossen Robotics or Amazon.com!