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AIBO Via E-mail 118

Posted by Hemos from the attack-aibo-attack dept.
digicosm2 writes "In honor of AIBO's fourth anniversary, Sony announced some new AIBO-related things today, including a new 'Cyber-Blue' color. But more interesting is the 'AIBO EYES' software, which allows you to control AIBO from anywhere in the world, via email. You can even receive snapshots of your home from him to your mobile phone! Might make a great (and unobtrusive) security camera or webcam..." I just want them to produce the Cerberus ? version.
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  • AIBO (Score:3, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 20, 2003 @05:27AM (#5997324)
    I heard it runs on Windows XP, and all I can say is, THANK GOD.

    Finally, a stable robot.
    • I heard that too somewhere. The only problem was they were getting the Robot SARS virus through Outlook and they weren't as healthy as the other robots.

    • Re:AIBO (Score:3, Funny)

      by Anonymous Coward
      > I heard it runs on Windows XP

      Aibos do not run Windows XP. They run a proprietary Sony OS called Aperios. I think the terms of my NDA let me say that it's a steaming pile of Aibo poop, but I probably shouldn't go into more details.

      The software for your PC that lets you control them does run on XP (and other flavors of Windows). But XP isn't on the robot itself. (It probably wouldn't fit, even if you wanted it to - they only have 32 MB of RAM)

  • Planting AIBOs (Score:5, Funny)

    by Arc04 ( 601196 ) on Tuesday May 20, 2003 @05:29AM (#5997330)
    This will now open up the oppurtunity to secretly place an AIBO in the cupboard of an unsuspecting victim, and then, in the dead of night, get it to creep around taking pictures of the occupants. ;)

    MUAHAHAHAHAHA!

    Sounds like Dr Evil is now working for Sony - watch out Austin Powers!!!!

  • Sony Marketing (Score:5, Funny)

    by alephnull42 ( 202254 ) on Tuesday May 20, 2003 @05:31AM (#5997335) Homepage Journal
    Oh Great. After several years, the Aibo now provides the functionality of an X10 digital camera on legs.

    - Couldn't they have thought of this sooner? Hardly sounds worth a press release
    - Barking Popup ads anyone?

  • Paranoid chicks. (Score:5, Funny)

    by Dri ( 16940 ) <dri@ph3.1415926renetic.to minus pi> on Tuesday May 20, 2003 @05:32AM (#5997337) Homepage
    "I won't do it in front of the dog" gets a whole new meaning.
  • I have a cerberusss for you. Triple s. Is that good enough? :)

  • Dog with an IP address (Score:5, Funny)

    by swifticus ( 191301 ) on Tuesday May 20, 2003 @05:35AM (#5997343)
    If this means I can finally get a dog that has an IP address, I'll take it.

  • Insecure? (Score:5, Funny)

    by sould ( 301844 ) on Tuesday May 20, 2003 @05:37AM (#5997348) Homepage

    Hmmmmn


    I wonder if I can get someone else's Aibo to wander round looking up skirts, watching peoples banking passwords, etc etc


    I'm sure anyone able to forge email headers are looking foward to this.


    • I wonder if I can get someone else's Aibo to wander round looking up skirts, watching peoples banking passwords, etc etc

      I'm sure anyone able to forge email headers are looking foward to this.

      Somehow I doubt they'll be setup so that the pic's are told where to be sent in the e-mail, I guess you could fill up AIBO's mem card with pics though.

    • Re:Insecure? (Score:1, Funny)

      by Anonymous Coward
      Believe it or not, the engineers predicted your pervert ways during the design phase. All models of aibo's have a very limited degree of freedom when it comes to raising the neck. They can look straight down, but only something like 40 degress up.
    • watching peoples banking passwords

      Password sniffing? ^:)

    • As long as it doesn't try to mate with my leg, as I have seen a real dog try to do.

  • Pushing technological boundaries (Score:5, Funny)

    by Zayin ( 91850 ) on Tuesday May 20, 2003 @05:40AM (#5997356)

    [...]said Victor Matsuda, ERA's vice president. "Over the last four years, we've pushed the boundaries of what robots can do and with AIBO EYES, the market is witnessing the future of things to come: A robot that is not only a companion but also offers practical applications."

    We're impressed, Victor. You must really have been pushing the boundaries hard to come up with all these innovations, like transferring images and communicating through email. You can even use your mobile phone! Wow.

    Further, AIBO EYES will also enable owners to remotely e-mail message commands to AIBO and have the robot perform selected songs, such as When the Saints Come Marching In and Ode to Joy.

    You mean "practical applications" as in singing "when the saints come marching in"?

  • "AIBO EYES will also enable owners to remotely e-mail message commands to AIBO and have the robot perform selected songs, such as When the Saints Come Marching In and Ode to Joy."

    My order is already in!

  • Security camera? (Score:5, Funny)

    by oniony ( 228405 ) on Tuesday May 20, 2003 @05:43AM (#5997364) Homepage
    The last thing you want to put a security camera in is the first thing to be stolen.

    I'd put my security camera in my Microsoft Barney. I'd say he'd be around taking snapshots throughout the whole afair.

  • One day crackers are going to have more fun... (Score:5, Funny)

    by shotgunefx ( 239460 ) on Tuesday May 20, 2003 @05:45AM (#5997369) Journal
    Thank god the bubble burst before iDoors and other such stupid crap. I look forward to the day when everyone's pad is decked out in the iFridge, iFrame, etc.

    That way, when they discover flaws, they can spoil all the food in my fridge, replace the pic of my girl on my mantle with some obscene imagery and then spy remotely on me as they sic my electronic dog on me :P

  • a $1500 security cam? (Score:4, Funny)

    by nai ( 465491 ) on Tuesday May 20, 2003 @05:45AM (#5997371)
    Gentle idea for the robber entering your home and seeing your brand new aibo. Maybe it can send you a picture of the guy?

    - You're entering a private property. Please leave now.
    - Ok, now take me down, please...
    - Well... At least don't forget my speed board...

  • I can see it now.... (Score:5, Funny)

    by fishbert42 ( 588754 ) on Tuesday May 20, 2003 @05:48AM (#5997381)
    ... some rich guy's AIBO starts going completely nuts when its email address ends up on a few dozen spam mailing lists.
    Maybe it'll even maul an old lady [go.com] in the process.

  • Good security (Score:5, Funny)

    by CptChipJew ( 301983 ) <michaelmiller@gmail . c om> on Tuesday May 20, 2003 @05:53AM (#5997386) Journal
    The AIBO now can provide excellent home security. Of course, a 120lb pitbull can provide good security too, and could be purchased for $100.
  • I have a suggestion, how about an AIBO for less then $200? I'd love to buy one of these robots to play around with, but I just can't justify spending $500+ on ebay for one of this toy^N^N^N^N^robots.

  • Hummmm..... (Score:3, Funny)

    by bad_fx ( 493443 ) on Tuesday May 20, 2003 @06:04AM (#5997403) Journal
    ...more interesting is the 'AIBO EYES' software, which allows you to control AIBO from anywhere in the world... You can even receive snapshots... from him to your mobile phone. Might make a great... webcam
    Hmm... A cute little walking webcam. Are you pondering what I'm pondering? :-)

    • Re:Hummmm..... (Score:1, Funny)

      by Anonymous Coward
      Are you pondering what I'm pondering?
      I think so, Brain, but where are we going to get 6000 pounds of sliced ham at this time of night?
    • Sure am, Brain, but how are we going to teach a chimp to use dental floss?

  • Robotics (Score:4, Interesting)

    by simgod ( 563459 ) on Tuesday May 20, 2003 @06:05AM (#5997405)
    If former decade was about internet boom and network connectivity, the next will definetely be about robotics. The problem about robotics today is that they are tough to build - I mean the development of both hardware and software was until now the domain of academic work. Than you Sony for doing what IBM was doing in the 80's with the personal computer. Someone must set a standard and make parts interchangable. I'm just sorry that these AIBO things are so expensive. Just imagine the possibilies of entering mainstream at an affordable prize. The whole robotics market and development will boom and soon you will able to program your own humanoid machine to do some serious work for you around the house. History repeats itself. Our society will again be built on slaves (for some time). After that ...
    • Someone must set a standard and make parts interchangable.

      I've been thinking the same thing. It's just too expensive and time consuming to design everything youself, but if I could buy the basic parts, pre-built, it would be a lot easier to buil your own robot.

      Hopefully, the whole battle-bot craze will help with this.

  • One step closer to slam hounds (Score:5, Funny)

    by nounderscores ( 246517 ) on Tuesday May 20, 2003 @06:42AM (#5997461)
    Anybody remember William Gibson's idea for a slamhound assasination device? it was sicked on Turner in count zero. Slamhounds are biological creatures based on dogs which have all of a dog's tracking abilities and physcial characteristics except that they are missing a few internal organs and have a large bomb implanted there instead.

    I really don't want to be chased down the street by cute little explosive abios controlled by somebody tapping away on their mobile phone as they sit on the balcony of a rooftop coffeeshop table sipping a laté and cursing in slang-free french.
    • "I really don't want to be chased down the street by cute little explosive abios..."

      I'm surprised. Most of us on ./ do, it would help relieve the mind numbing day-to-day existence that we have. YMMV!
      • Ok, I'll agree to it if you give me a shotgun and a whole lot of shells....

        And maybe a good medical insureance contract.

        Hey maybe we could write a mod for a popular first person shooter engine which is something like that.

        And maybe somebody who can shout instructions like "go up the fire escape... room 303... turn left... no other left!" *boom* "Damn."

        Yeah, I think i'd better do this in the virtual world, rather than have to explain to my kid that the dutchman gave him green eyes.
    • Makes the idea of another Slammer worm just a bit more interesting.

  • Give the dog a bone (Score:5, Funny)

    by Findel ( 663041 ) on Tuesday May 20, 2003 @06:50AM (#5997473) Homepage Journal
    Kinda give a new meaning to "Give the dog a bone" aswell.

    Also, I cant wait to see what happend when it recieves some of the spam you are all talking about. I can just see the dog making his/her/its ways into the bedroom in the morning to find its owners in bed. Then it starts to read the email it just got:

    "Hey..you need a bigger Jonson! Or why dont you try Viagra, that might help?"

  • Is it so complicated? (Score:5, Funny)

    by RMH101 ( 636144 ) on Tuesday May 20, 2003 @06:59AM (#5997494)
    All I want is a semi-autonomous robot about the size of, ooooh, say a hippo. With massive servo-controlled hydraulic jaws that go "psssssst". And angry glowing eyes. Is this so hard for Sony to grasp? Enough of the cuteness, already, I want something that's *dangerous*, unpatched and connected to the Internet.

    Ric

    • Re:Is it so complicated? (Score:1, Funny)

      by Anonymous Coward
      Enough of the cuteness, already, I want something that's *dangerous*, unpatched and connected to the Internet.

      Tried using Windows?
    • All I want is a semi-autonomous robot about the size of, ooooh, say a hippo. With massive servo-controlled hydraulic jaws that go "psssssst". And angry glowing eyes.

      Wait for it....

      ....With a FRIKKIN' laser!!
  • The slowest robot in the world just got remote control capability... Via email!

  • Spam ? (Score:1, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward
    (upgrading with that remote email thingie..)

    - "dad why is the dog crawling on the floor and barking all night long ?"
    - "well, kid, doctor told me PeePee suffers from S.P.A.M, this is a common desease propagated by AOL users like me and your mom too. I'm sorry but I think we'll have to shoot the dog."

  • I've heard... (Score:3, Funny)

    by Hwatzu ( 89518 ) on Tuesday May 20, 2003 @07:08AM (#5997523)
    I've heard of dogs fetching your mail, but never mail fetching your dog!
    (Thank you, I'll be here all week; the evening show's different from the morning one. Tip your waiter.)

  • Unobtrusive? (Score:5, Funny)

    by vjmurphy ( 190266 ) on Tuesday May 20, 2003 @07:50AM (#5997615) Homepage
    "Might make a great (and unobtrusive) security camera or webcam..."

    Yep: nothing says unobtrusive like an expensive silver (now in blue!) robotic dog. No one will notice that, nosiree.
  • At last after spending £3000 on dog, bluetooth phone, linux pda (with voice interface) I can spend a night in the cells for saying 'Finger Dog, FFFINNNGGGGEEERRR DDDDOOOOOGGGG!, finGER D O G, Just FINGER THE EFFING DOG' in polite company.

    or I could just get write a script in about 10 lines of Bash to SMS an image to me from a webcam on reciept of the right email/SMS

    sparkes

  • Cerberus version? (Score:3, Funny)

    by jdreed1024 ( 443938 ) on Tuesday May 20, 2003 @08:20AM (#5997682)
    I just want them to produce the Cerberus version.

    You mean the Kerberos [mit.edu] version. Where you can control AIBO and not worry about exposing your POP or IMAP password to the world. Good thinking!

    And before anyone says "It's Cerberus, not Kerberos, there's no such dog as Kerberos.", Kerberos is the Greek spelling of the dog's name, and Cerberus is the Latin spelling. And, of course, Fluffy is the British spelling.

    • Re:Cerberus version? (Score:1)

      by Anonymous Coward
      No, I think he's thinking of the "large three-headed guard dog" Cerberus, rather than the authentication system. You have to admit, it's going to be more effective at protecting your property than a camera-equipped Aibo.

  • Bah... (Score:1, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward
    I already remotely control my wife via e-mail...

  • Aibo? Sony? (Score:2, Insightful)

    by Anonymous Coward
    Aren't these the people who sued a web site owner for releasing code he wrote to make his Aibo dance, under the DMCA? Should we really be promoting a company that files criminal charges against geeks for making their robot dogs dance? Shouldn't we at least force Sony to buy an Aibo ad on Slashdot to support our efforts to fight their perversion of law?

    A vote for Aibo is a vote against geek freedom. Pick your side.

    • Re:Aibo? Sony? (Score:1, Informative)

      by Anonymous Coward
      FYI, Sony and AIBOPet worked out a way for the AIBO community continue innovating without using the official SDK.
      Check out Legit-i-Mutt [aibohack.com].
      Actually, I thinks Sony bent over backwards to sort it out with AIBOPet, so give Sony a break!
  • I know its been mentioned before, but since it still continues... Can the posters please try to refrain from always including a "...this is cool, but I'm not interested until..." comment at the end of nearly every story. This story's version of course is "I just want them to produce the Cerberus? version." Which isn't as bad as normal by comparison. Posters, we know you are ultra-cool, knowledgeable uber-geeks never satisified with anything that comes along because you can always envision something better.
  • From: pczc@mindspring.com
    To: my_aibo@mindspring.com
    Subject: Unknown person in the kitchen

    while (unknown.stillStanding()) {
    unknown.humpLeg();
    try {
    Thread.sleep(60000);
    } catch (Exception e) {
    ; //ignore interrupted exceptions - no vanity here...
    }
    unknown.evaluate()
    }
  • Received: from robber.com thief@robber.com [111.111.177.031]) by mail.sony.com (8.8.3/8.6.12) with SMTP id RAA01500 for aibo@sony.com; Mon, 21 Apr 1997 17:53:13 -0500
    Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 17:53:13 -0500
    From: mr_theif@dont.write.me.ill.write.you.com
    Message- Id:
    To: aibo@sony.com
    Subject: Come to poppa!

    1) Goto door
    2) Unlock door
    3) Come to poppa
    4) Sit Ubu sit! Good dog. Woof!

  • Where are the sex robots? (Score:4, Funny)

    by HarveyBirdman ( 627248 ) on Tuesday May 20, 2003 @11:07AM (#5998643) Journal
    You know you want one. You know that's what will launch the robot industry just like sex lit a fire under the video industry and the internet and just about everything else.

    A robot that licks and begs and follows orders is great, but not when it's a dog.

    As for home defense, well, when the robot is not otherwise occupied (with sex or cleaning house or making me dinner, dammit) it's dressed in it's Carrie Anne Moss "Trinity" outfit and in full Kung-Fu mode.

    Yeah, I have a sick, perverse and chauvinistic mind, but it's a very focused sick, perverse chauvinism, and that's a good thing. I think.

    Actually, these robots would liberate women from having to deal with twisted desires and expectations of men raised on anime and Maxim magazine, and they can go form knitting circles or covens or whatever it is they do on "girl's night out."

  • Aibo AI Mind (Score:4, Informative)

    by Mentifex ( 187202 ) on Tuesday May 20, 2003 @12:49PM (#5999374) Homepage Journal

    The Aibo AI Mind [aibokennelclub.org] is available to make your pet robot dog a more intelligent companion for you.

    The User Manual of the Aibo Kennel Club Robot Artificial Mind [aibokennelclub.org] teaches you how to interact with the Aibo AI Mind.

    A more recently updated Mentifex AI version [scn.org] is freely available [q-ag.de] for tinkering and for installation in more humanoid robots than the Aibo.

    Technological Singularity [caltech.edu] is on its way -- thanks to the Sony Aibo robot dog!

  • "Hello, you've got burglars!"
  • You could probably build a Kerberos version =)

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