Caleb Chung: Come play with Pleo the dinosaur

http://www.ted.com Pleo the robot dinosaur acts like a living pet -- exploring, cuddling, playing, reacting and learning. Inventor Caleb Chung talks about Pleo and his wild toy career at EG07, on the week that Pleo shipped to stores for the first time.

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[yeldarbo]

Ugh. Should have been a 2 minute speech.

[dollaresque]

At least during the first part of the video when he was showing his older projects, MUSIC could really have been turned down or turned off, since it wasn't useful for anything and even covered up his voice a bit.

But Pleo is definitely cool. I remember when they first came out, I was impressed with their ability to be very child-like. They even sleep longer than usual the first couple of day as they're getting to know your voice. Then they become active and obey your voice commands well :)

[keithosmarferrer]

buffer...........

[Funnererer]

@pumpkin091 hate to be the bearer of good news. but that is so not true.

[davepamn]

Pleo is great. Emotional connect toy is a bold step forward.

[ilovehd831]

Pleo was absolutely brilliant, and there is nothing like it on the market, period. But it was a little ahead of its time. Ugobe had a fantastic philosophy, and they had so much potential. Unfortunately: 1, there was no continuous sales in the company because there was no variety among their product, and 2, Pleo was better suited for smaller kids, but it was also very expensive. If Pleo was $50 and there was 50 different models, it would have been the toy of the decade.

[XxTayterxX]

oh my gosh abbi's my friend too! Caleb is amazing! thats so sad. i love when he does the robot bit he's soo good at it!

[pumpkin091]

I'm sad.

I know Caleb personally; his daughter is in my grade (abigail), and he's now living in a small house, divorced.

[chocolate678yummy]

pleos are not expensive any more

[MagicalWingLT]

This was the best video I saw... It has a lot of info... Well done!

[spencersolomon1261]

That was such a wonderful video. Probably the *best* I've ever seen.