Published on 11/12/2004
"Now, robotics researchers at Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh have designed a soft, huggable pillow that uses sensing and wireless phone technology to provide a physical touch, and thus better social and emotional support, for distant family members." (NYTimes)
The idea is full of good intentions, but the voice recognition stuff is a little bit over engineered in my opinion... I wonder who's going to review it first ;)