Somehow I haven’t seen any other posts about this on Tumblr so far, but a company called Anki is making a small “home robot” called Vector.
It’s the successor to Anki’s Cozmo, a similar robot they released a few years ago aimed more at a younger audience, and which needed a smartphone for it’s “brain”. But unlike Cozmo, Vector doesn’t need a smartphone since he’s pretty much got a smartphone built inside of him, and is always on & fully autonomous.
He can recognize faces, tell you the weather, set a timer, and take a picture with his front camera. You can also ask him other questions like you would a voice assistant and he’ll give you an answer.
Also did I mention has touch sensors on top of him so you can pet him?
You won’t have to wait very long to get him either because Vector is releasing in October! Anki recently finished a successful Kickstarter to pre-order him, but you can still pre-order Vector over on their official site, and also read more info about him: https://www.anki.com/en-us/vector
He’s retailing for $249.99 at launch, but you can get him cheaper (little over $200) if you pre-order now. That might still be a bit pricey for some, but it’s cheaper than most quality smartphones these days, and certainly less expensive than other home robots on the market right now.
If you’ve ever dreamed of have a real robot in in your house without breaking the bank, you should support Anki and help give Vector a good home. He may be a small robot, but he might be the next big leap in robotics!
its weird to think horses were ever ‘prey animals’ because what fucking predator looks at a 8 foot tall ENORMOUS beast with pitch black devils eyes, terrifying teeth and extremely powerful legs and think ‘yeah lets go attack that one’
well moose are still prey animals so
thats fucked up, a moose is like a horse with extra weapons
Nope! There’s only room for one soul in a body at a time. Even when Mabel and Dipper shared her body, Mabel would get into a sock puppet while Dipper did whatever needed doing in her body.
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Seriously, double and triple check that you’re registered. Lots of people have been getting booted off voter registries.
PLEASE know your rights before you go vote! it’s super easy to Google! don’t leave if they insist you can’t vote, get out the smart phone and look it up! call around! call the cops if you feel they’re unjustly suppressing you!
Today, October 9, is the last day to register to vote in a number of states. Please check your registration and make sure you are ready for Nov. 6.
POSE VOTE! IT’S SO EASY I PROMISE!
I have massive social anxiety. but if that’s all that’s keeping you, I PROMISE they walk you through it, there are constantly so many new voters, no one judges you if you get confused. but it’s literally just show your ID, sign a thing, then go to a booth.
IF YOU’RE WORRIED ABOUT GETTING DRAFTED, THAT’S A MYTH! voting has nothing to do with getting drafted! either you’re eligible to get drafted or you’re not, it has NOTHING to do if you vote or don’t vote!
PLEASE! our lives are at stake! we might outnumber boomers but our voter turnout is ABYSMAL! we won’t win if we don’t see a MASSIVE increase in voter turnout! YOUR VOTE COUNTS!
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