Wee-Fi: Wi-Fi Robot Attack; Silicon Valley Plan Proceeds

The Spykee is a $300 Wi-Fi Skype robot: Lots of strange coolness here. I don’t know how I missed hearing about this before, but apparently an actual customer got his hands on the thing and recorded a video. It’s cute. You can access its video through control software or a remote Skype video connection. It’s got a speaker and microphone, and can be used for VoIP calls. The control software allows it to move around, play sound effects, and produce music. Like the computer in Superman III (or a Roomba), it craves power, and knows to return to its charger.

The name reveals some of its creepy appeal: Spykee = Spy Camera. I suppose the nanny you’re trying to make sure isn’t shaking your baby might be freaked out when it suddenly starts emitting Star Wars music, or such like. Made by Meccano under the Erector brand, its control software is Mac and Windows compatible.

I, for one, welcome our new Spykee overlords—on 15-Oct-2008 when it starts to ship generally.

Silicon Valley project finally gets underway: It’s a still a pilot, small, with no promised outcome. And after all this time, a switch of partners, and new parameters, they’ve still mounted just 20 of 28 access points.

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