May
07
A robot with a floppy drive and a big heart
Posted in: UncategorizedWonderfully bad acting meets early robot technology in this late-1980s promo for the SynPet, an R2D2-esque personal robot. Robots get a bad rap, but this SynPet, named Newton, functions as a babysitter, personal assistant, answering machine, language tutor, friend and confidant all in one non-threatening package—powered by precious little RAM.
—Posted by Tim Nudd
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