Feral Robot Dogs

stinkypig sent in a blurb about Feral Robot Dogs, assorted modifications of the commercial AIBO dogs to be "more useful". For various definitions of useful. See also a discussion on smartmobs.com.

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[Boss, Pointy Haired]

Feral.

6 entries found for Feral @ www.dictionary.com

feral ( P ) Pronunciation Key (fîrl, fr-)
adj.

Existing in a wild or untamed state.
Having returned to an untamed state from domestication.
Of or suggestive of a wild animal; savage: a feral grin.

Re:What department is this?

[FreeUser]

eating-steaks-that-grow-on-trees dept?? Comon Micheal, We know its early but this title is ++ungood.

It is a sci-fi reference to a cybernetically enhanced attack dog. Snowcrash (?) I think. One of those cyberpunkesque novels, where the dog lived much of his life in a virtual state, eating steaks that grew on trees. Rather clever, though clearly an insider reference.

Get a real dog

[Anonymous Coward]

Cheaper, fuzzier and more affecionate: Humane Society [hsus.org]

Re:free nanobots

[bluGill]

Have you payed attendtion to recyceling costs? Most curbside recyceling programs are lossing money because resources are not worth the effort to collect. In theory we can mine landfills, and I expect in the future we will. Today Almost nothing is worth the cost extract it.

Re:What department is this?

[coldcity]

From http://www.wiu.edu/users/mucs14/SnowCrash.html [wiu.edu]:

EXCERPT FROM SNOW CRASH:

"They'll catch up," NG says. "On a straightaway, they can run at seven hundred miles per hour."
"Is it true they have nuke stuff inside of them?"
"Radiothermal isotopes."
"What happens if one gets busted open? Everyone gets all mutated?"
"If you ever find yourself in the presence of a destructive force powerful enough to decapsulate those isotopes," Ng says, "radiation sickness will be the least of your worries."

The conversation continues between Y.T. and Ng with Y.T. expressing concern over the manner in which these dogs' biomatter has been munipulated to include mechanical enhancesments and many destructive devices. She finds it cruel. Ng explains to her that these "mechanically assisted organisms" are the result of abandoned dogs taken in and sent to what amounts to as "dog heaven." [They are] "Chasing frisbees through the surf. Forever. Eating steaks that grow on trees. [and] Lying beside the fire in a hunting lodge."

So there y'go :)

Re:useful?

[magullo]

Not [popsci.com] anymore [aibo.com]

Re:What's with AIBO and DCMA?

[magullo]

They back [popsci.com] tracked [aibo.com]