All the stories tagged with: baby
Animatronic baby is freaky
01/22/2012, We’ve had a fair share of robot babies in the past, and this weekend we’ve got one more to add to the list. Chris Clarke, professional animatronic creature designer managed to come up with robot that behaves just like a [...]
iCub robot looks like a scary baby
10/03/2011, Need a robot baby for your next horror movie starring evil-looking babies? If you’re not willing to go with computer graphics, or work with real babies, the iCub sure looks like it could suffice. At the recent IROS 2011 event, [...]
Baby monitoring in the cloud with Evoz
09/22/2011, Evoz, the baby-monitoring Internet service is coming out of beta and is now officially taking orders. If you don’t know it, Evoz is a remote audio-monitoring service that lets parents listen to their baby over the Internet (worldwide), but it [...]
Kick to Pick lets babies choose their own names
04/08/2011, One of the most challenging things that a father and mother have to do is name their child. What name do you choose? Do you name your child after someone famous? Or something you like? Are you afraid that your [...]
The Elfoid is one freaky looking telepresence robot
03/03/2011, Another day, another Japanese robot baby. A Japanese roboticist, Hiroshi Ishiguro, just unveiled a new robot baby today called the Elfoid. This miniature anthropomorphic robot has the face and arms of a baby and is the size of a cellphone. [...]
Babyloid: a robot baby to cure depression
03/01/2011, If there’s one thing the Japanese sure are fascinated with, it’s the creation of robot babies. Masayoshi Kano, creator of the Ifbot has recently shown off a new robot baby called the Babyloid. Designed to be a therapeutic robot to [...]
AFFETTO robot baby feels scary
02/08/2011, You might have heard of the uncanny valley, which is a sense of revulsion that humans feel when encountering a lifelike robot that doesn’t quite get the whole “human” thing right. Now the goal of Osaka University’s AFFETTO was to [...]
Easidream soothes babies with womb-like sensations
02/06/2011, When you make the transition from the safety of your mother’s womb into the world, the ride can be quite a scary one, which is why it is always good to have your parents hanging around to provide you with [...]
Robotic Baby Looks Creepy
01/14/2010, Robots are cool, everybody knows that, but there are some robots which are just creepy. Enter Diego-san, a 130cm tall robot that weighs 30kg, and is supposed to model a 1-year old baby, allowing you to conduct research on how [...]
Yoomi Self Heating Bottle
11/25/2009, Taking care of babies is certainly hard work, so you probably wouldn’t want menial tasks such as heating up the milk to keep you busy. That’s where the Yoomi baby bottle comes into play. This $36 milk bottle is capable [...]
Pureray ultraviolet baby bottle zaps pathogens
10/16/2009, Most parents, especially first timers, are extremely wary of the threats of external viruses and bugs that could cause harm to their newborn. Others go the extra mile by making sure the baby’s bottle they use is always microwaved liberally [...]
