<wants a jazz dancing retro aibopet> On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 9:05 PM, Danny Piccirillo < [email protected]> wrote:
> I'm going to start emailing out blog drafts that were abandoned here (and > cc'ing the author) to see if they or anyone else wants to pick it up. > Otherwise, at least the info will be stored somewhere for the world. > > This first one is from November 23rd, 2004, by andy scudder. > http://wiki.freeculture.org/User:Scudmissile > > Robosapien: The Robot you can Remix > > There's been a lot of geek hype about Mark Tilden's robot toy that came > out earlier this year. Obviously, the Christmas toy blitz is already > heating up and Wow Wee <http://www.wowwee.com/> is trying to market > Robosapien as hard as they can to make it the next Tickle-Me Elmo, but I > think they're really missing what could make the Robosapien the most > important toy since Lego. > > Why? Well, in his talk at OSCON > 2002<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/policy/2002/08/15/lessig.html?page=2>, > Lessig reminds us of a certain tech toy that didn't want to be tampered > with: > > Aibopet.com <http://www.aibopet.com> said, "Here, here's how to hack your > dog to make it dance jazz." If anything, it would be a fair use of this > piece of plastic that costs over $1,500. You would think, "This is a fair > use," right? > > Letter to the site: Your site contains information providing the means to > circumvent Aibo, where copy protection protocol constitutes a violation of > the anticircumvention provisions of the DMCA. Even though the use is fair > use, the use is not permitted under the law. Fair use, erased by this > combination of technological control and laws that say "don't touch it," > leaving one thing left in this field that had three, controls copyright, > [thereby] controlling creativity. > > Compare this to Tilden's response to the question "How does it make you > feel when you see the many modifications and hacks others have made to your > creation?" in GadgetMadness's > interview<http://www.gadgetmadness.com/archives/20041122-hyper_cool_interview_with_robosapien_creator_mark_w_tiden.php> > : > > It's what the RoboSapien is designed for. A single screwdriver takes the > RS completely apart, and inside everything is labled, colorcoded, and > socketed for convenience. Furthermore, we heartly support any third party > additions or modifications, and have supplied all the necessary info > through many websites. > > I wanted a toy I would have killed for as a kid. Open him up and the > possibilities skyrocket. Easy to hack, tones of extra space, power to > spare, modular sealed gearboxes, gold-plated solder pads, etc, etc. > > So, what we have is a robot toy that's pretty limited out of the box. It's > certainly no contest when you hold it up to the complexity and ability of > Sony's Aibo and Qrio, but that's not the market or goal of the Robosapien. > > Instead, what we have is a product that's designed to be 'open-source.' > Mark knows that after awhile, your kid (or kid-at-heart) will get bored > with the limited functions that the Robosapien comes with out of the box, > so why not unleash the possibilities of, what is essentially, a pre-built > electronics kit? Hacking sites have already popped<http://www.robosapien.tk/> > up <http://www.windowsfordevices.com/news/NS4750901902.html> > all<http://www.aibohack.com/robosap/supersap.htm> > over <http://www.therobosapien.com/forums/>, with guides on disassembling > your Robosapien <http://zodiak.f2o.org/extra.php?id_extra=23> to get to > all the good stuff, to > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss > > -- Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266
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