What could be cuter than a glowing robotic chick?
Yukai Engineering in Japan is hoping consumers will not be able to resist its latest creation, Kokonatchi (ココナッチ), a robotic chick. Kokonatchi sits near your computer and notifies you of incoming tweets by changing color according to the context, wiggling and even vibrating or shivering when scared. Users can prerecord messages that can be sent back through the twitter stream by interacting with their Kokonatchi. The small desktop notification robot is being designed by the clever students at Waseda University and the University of Tokyo. Yukai Engineering expects to release Kokonatchi in Japan this fall. The estimated price is around 4,000 yen.
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